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Old September 19th, 2009 #1
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Default An example of federalized health care: $500 thousand fraud by murderer

Convicted killer Guillermo Denis Gonzalez pleads guilty in Medicare fraud case
Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:03 PM PDT

Almost anyone can operate a Medicare-licensed equipment-supply company — even a convicted murderer.


Guillermo Denis Gonzalez, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 1992 and was released from prison in 2004, bought a Medicare-licensed equipment business in Miami two years later. He even notified the federal healthcare program that he was the new owner and president of DG Medical Equipment in December 2006.


On Friday, the Hialeah man pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of defrauding Medicare by submitting $586,953 in false claims for air mattresses, humidifiers and other supplies that were never provided to patients during 2007.


Gonzalez, a 65-year-old Cuban immigrant with a seventh-grade education, faces two to three years in prison on the fraud conviction. But he has much bigger problems: Now he heads over to state court to be prosecuted again — on a first-degree murder charge accusing him of dismembering a man last year.


Gonzalez is a glaring example of Medicare’s lax oversight of Medicare operators in South Florida. The agency claims it regularly conducts criminal background checks on Medicare operators and disqualifies convicted felons, but it didn’t flag Gonzalez.
 
Old September 19th, 2009 #2
Rick Ronsavelle
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More regulation, please.

More regulated Kool-Aid, please.
 
Old September 19th, 2009 #3
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"Gonzalez" here just casually slips by. That Madoff jew somehow just goes through. Funny how things work out like that. I wonder how many Whitey's slip by or do they get the cavity search treatment.
 
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