Clinics accused of bilking Miami-Dade schools of $2.7 million
The offer came from a vending-machine refill man known as “Papitas,” or French Fries.
He told three employees at Felix Varela High that they could earn some quick cash by simply showing up at a medical clinic, showing their health insurance card, driver’s license and signing a few blank forms.
They did. And Miami-Dade Schools police say that ABC Therapy turned around and fraudulently billed Cigna Insurance Company for healthcare services that were never actually provided.
In all, investigators believe ABC and another clinic fraudulently billed some $13 million to the school district, actually collecting about $2.7 million. The school district contracts with Cigna to administer its healthcare insurance.
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