{"id":12480,"date":"2019-01-23T09:17:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T14:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12480"},"modified":"2019-01-23T09:17:46","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T14:17:46","slug":"physician-assistant-admits-role-in-1b-medicare-fraud-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12480","title":{"rendered":"Physician assistant admits role in $1B Medicare fraud scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ayla Ellison <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>A former physician assistant faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in Florida federal court Jan. 9 to his role in a $1 billion Medicare fraud scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Four things to know:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/legal-regulatory-issues\/physician-assistant-admits-role-in-1b-medicare-fraud-scheme.html?origin=payere&amp;utm_source=payere\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_45676758-700x466.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8428\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_45676758-700x466-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_45676758-700x466-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_45676758-700x466.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ayla Ellison Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) A former physician assistant faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-actionscourt-decisions","category-medicare-fraud"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12481,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12480\/revisions\/12481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}