{"id":14024,"date":"2019-09-13T09:25:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T13:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14024"},"modified":"2019-09-13T09:25:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T13:25:40","slug":"florida-healthcare-executive-gets-20-years-in-1-3b-medicare-fraud-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14024","title":{"rendered":"Florida healthcare executive gets 20 years in $1.3B Medicare fraud case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ayla Ellison for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Philip Esformes, who operated a chain of skilled nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Florida, was sentenced Sept. 12 to 20 years in prison, according to the Miami Herald.\u00a0 Continue reading article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/legal-regulatory-issues\/florida-healthcare-executive-gets-20-years-in-1-3b-medicare-fraud-case.html\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/scales.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8964\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/scales-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/scales-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/scales.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/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 for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Philip Esformes, who operated a chain of skilled nursing homes and assisted living<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-actionscourt-decisions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14024","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=14024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14025,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14024\/revisions\/14025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}