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Columbia/HCA reports warned Rick Scott of potential legal problems
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| Contributor | Qbanito |
| Last Edited | Qbanito Sep 18, 2010 08:25pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Marc Caputo and Scott Hiaasen |
| News Date | Sunday, September 19, 2010 01:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Rick Scott has said he would have immediately stopped his former hospital company from committing Medicare fraud — if only "somebody told me something was wrong."
But he was cautioned year after year that the financial incentives Columbia/HCA offered doctors could run afoul of a federal antikickback law that seeks to limit conflicts of interest in Medicare and Medicaid.
They were contained in the company's annual public reports to stockholders that Scott, now the Republican candidate for Florida governor, signed as Columbia/HCA's president and chief executive officer.
The reports said the company believed it was complying with the spirit of the law. But as far back as 1994 — three years before the FBI began scrutinizing the company — Columbia/HCA acknowledged that it might not be following the letter of complex health care rules.
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