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L.A. jury finds three guilty in $1.5-million Medicare fraud scheme
A federal jury in Los Angeles found an Anaheim physician and two others guilty this week for their roles in a $1.5-million Medicare fraud scheme involving power wheelchairs. At trial, federal prosecutors said that Godwin Onyeabor, 49, an officer at...Tags: Trials, Medicare, Amgen Inc., FBI, Prosecution
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Teen contraception decision: Doctors say science trumps politics
Science trumped politics, but politics may still present problems for teens trying to purchase emergency contraception. “A lot of stuff is going to happen over the next 30 days,” said Dr. Cora Breuner, a pediatric medicine specialist at...
Tags: Kathleen Sebelius, Justice System, Food and Drug Administration, Medicaid, Family Planning
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Gun control: How California can teach everyone else
Like a lot of people who follow the gun debate, I was surprised to learn earlier this year that for more than a decade, Congress has made it nearly impossible for our premier federal health research institutions to study gun violence. That became...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Gun Control, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Kathleen Sebelius, Crime, Law and Justice
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House investigators seek files related to troubled BioWatch
WASHINGTON -- Leaders of a House committee probing BioWatch, the nation's troubled system for detecting biological attacks, complained Thursday that administration officials had blocked them from seeing documents held by two senior federal scientists...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kathleen Sebelius, Diseases and Illnesses, National Security
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2 fugitives accused of Medicare fraud may be in Glendale, U.S. says
Federal authorities say two of Medicare's most-wanted fugitives may be hiding out in Glendale. Healthcare investigators say Karo Gotti Blkhoyan, 32, and Anush Sahakyan, 29, set up a phony medical clinic in South Carolina from 2009 to 2010 and billed for...
Tags: Medicare, Healthcare Policies
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CVS' Medicare drug program causing headaches for enrollees
Deborah Shapiro decided a few months ago to switch her prescription drug coverage from her former employer's plan to Medicare. The Medicare literature made clear that she could save hundreds of dollars on the various drugs she and her husband required....
Tags: Medicare, Insurance, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Health Insurance Cost
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Former L.A. clinic owner makes Medicare's most-wanted list
A former clinic owner in the Los Angeles area has made Medicare's list of most-wanted fugitives after bilking the federal program for $1.2 million, authorities said. Federal investigators said Won Suk Lee, 44, was an acupuncturist and owner of two...
Tags: Medicare, Physical Therapy, Hospitals and Clinics, Acupuncture, Prescription Drugs
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State Senate leader backs Medi-Cal expansion
PolitiCalSen. Darrell Steinberg, the Democratic leader of the state Senate, urged Gov. Jerry Brown to expand the state's public health system as part of the implementation of the federal healthcare overhaul.... -
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Sheriff's official: In the Dec. 13 LATExtra section, a brief news item said that a Los Angeles County sheriff's official who had been blamed for failing to raise alarms about deputy abuse of inmates would be resigning. The item should have included a...Tags: Game Playing, Entertainment, Gaming, Brookings Institution, Crosswords
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Mortgage lender uses fear as a sales pitch
State and federal authorities may have cracked down on unscrupulous mortgage lenders to avoid a repeat of the housing market meltdown, but there are still plenty of companies that are eager to dupe people into taking out bad loans. Exhibit A:...
Tags: Fines, Punishment, Target, Business, CVS Corp.
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Yosemite hantavirus: More cases, new worries
L.A. NOWConcerns over the hantavirus at Yosemite National Park heightened on Thursday. Two more cases of hantavirus infection were reported, one fatal and the other believed to have originated in the park's high country, marking the first time the outbreak has... -
Hantavirus in Yosemite: 230,000 more visitors notified
L.A. NOWYosemite National Park has again broadened its outreach regarding a recent outbreak of hantavirus, sending notifications to an additional 230,000 people who stayed in the park since early June....
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