Friday, October 28, 2011

15 people arrested in Medicare scheme

Clinic and pharmacies re-billed the government for anti-psychotic medications
By Adolfo Flores, Veronica Rocha and Jason Wells
October 27, 2011 | 6:40 p.m.
LA TIMES

Fifteen people were arrested Thursday on suspicion of taking part in an elaborate $18-million Medicare fraud scheme that officials say involved a Glendale medical clinic and a pharmacy in San Marino.

The scheme involved so-called “prescription harvesting,” in which Manor Medical Imaging Clinic and San Gabriel Valley pharmacies allegedly re-billed the government repeatedly for anti-psychotic medications, according to a federal criminal complaint unsealed Thursday. FULL STORY

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