The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association estimates that about 3% of the nation’s $2.6 trillion health care budget goes to fraud. That’s equivalent to $68 billion each year. Health care fraud is a federal crime that comes with stiff punishments. If...
The human and economic costs of the opioid epidemic rising every day. 42,000 deaths in the United States are caused by opioids each year. It only makes sense that state officials are trying to crack down on the causes of the crisis. Florida is one of the states...
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI — The U.S. government is moving to seize vehicles, cash and other assets from a former owner of a South Florida pain clinic facing federal drug charges. Among the items linked to 42-year-old Vincent Colangelo: a 1999 Lamborghini...
By THOMAS R. COLLINS / FORT LAUDERDALE It’s only 8:45 a.m., but the storefront is already busy. Men and women in jeans, baseball hats and leather jackets keep the tinted door swinging open and closed. But this is not a retail outlet. It’s a...
Attorney General Bondi Unveils New Strategies to Fight Florida’s Growing Pill Mill Problems TALLAHASSEE, FL- Attorney General Pam Bondi today unveiled her comprehensive strategy to address pill mills in Florida, including a series of legislative recommendations for...
Feds raid Fla. pill mills; arrest docs, owners By CURT ANDERSON, AP Legal Affairs Writer – Wed Feb 23, 5:23 pm ET WESTON, Fla. – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents and local police swept across South Florida on Wednesday making arrests as part of a lengthy...
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