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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Report: Menendez Pal Melgen Billed Medicare Millions for Unnecessary Medical
Procedures
by Jammie
Well, at least we know where he got those hundreds of thousands of dollars
he pumped into Democrat coffers. Nice scam these guys have going, huh?
A South Florida eye surgeon who’s a friend of a U.S. senator is under
federal criminal investigation for billing Medicare millions of dollars to
treat elderly patients for services they may not have needed, The Herald has
learned.
Federal agents began investigating Dr. Salomon Melgen last year, sources
say, after investigators suspected he overbilled the taxpayer-funded health
program by using a high-priced drug called Lucentis, which is injected into
patients’ eyes.
The agents raided Melgen’s West Palm Beach offices last week. He’s
also under FBI examination for his ties to Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey
Democrat, who tried to help Melgen with another Medicare dispute.
Several sources familiar with the doctor’s practice said he used the
drug, which costs $2,000 a vial, to treat patients with macular degeneration
more than any other ophthalmologist in Florida and possibly the country.
His high patient volume also raised red flags for investigators, the sources
said.
Under Medicare policies, a doctor may only prescribe treatment that is
“reasonable” and “necessary.” To make a case, federal prosecutors would
have to prove that Melgen needlessly treated patients simply to run up sky-
high Medicare bills.
Isn’t it time Democrats and Menendez started giving back all their
donations? Funny how the disinterested media isn’t asking that question.
Melgen donated more than $750,000 last year to Menendez’s reelection
campaign and other political committees and candidates.
Even Time notices it’s been a really bad week for the corrupt Menendez. |
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