Miami Speech Pathologists and Assistants Arrested for Medicaid Fraud

Written by Jaimie Oh | July 29, 2010

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Four employees of a Miami-based speech center are in custody for allegedly defrauding the Florida Medicaid program, according to a news release from Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum.

The four employees of The Center for Bilingual Speech and Language Disorders allegedly conspired to bill Medicaid for unsupervised speech therapy with Medicaid beneficiaries.

For approximately three and a half years, the center billed Medicaid for these services and was reimbursed nearly $540,000.

The investigation is ongoing, and more arrests are expected to be made.

Read Attorney General Bill McCollum's announcement about the speech center fraud.

Read other coverage about healthcare fraud in Florida:

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- Owner of Miami HIB Infusion Clinic and Wife Plead Guilty to $13.7M Medicare Fraud Scheme

- Two Miami Patient Recruiters Sentenced for Submitting False Claims, Paying Kickbacks