Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Obama Top Health Care Nominee Once Embroiled in Medical Fraud Case

Andy Slavitt, [Barack] Obama's choice to manage Obamacare, Medicare and Medicaid, was linked seven years ago to a massive medical data fraud scheme that resulted in what was then the largest settlement ever by an insurance company...






(Daily Caller) If he is confirmed by the Senate, Slavitt will head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, which manages the federal government’s three biggest health care programs. He will manage an estimated $1 trillion in benefits that are paid to millions of doctors, patients and hospitals.

Slavitt was CEO of Ingenix, a health data analytics firm at the center of a $50 million settlement in 2009 with then-New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and a $350 million settlement with the American Medical Association...

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Posted By: Chris Carmouche