Word: smushkevich
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...come-on, something for nothing -- in this case, free medical exams. But last week the ubiquitous vans became a symbol of a disease contributing to the exploding cost of U.S. health care: insurance fraud. A Los Angeles grand jury returned a 175-count indictment against brothers Michael and David Smushkevich, along with 10 others, charging that they used the freebie checkups to submit $1 billion in fake claims. All told, they allegedly collected more than $50 million in what may be the biggest scam of its kind ever...
Typically, "patients" who underwent the diagnostic exams at Smushkevich facilities had no health problems. But their insurance companies were allegedly billed as much as $10,000 for tests warranted by nonexistent ailments. By changing the names and locations of their operations, the accused connivers kept a step ahead of the law -- for a while...
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