| Published: | Aug 17, 2010 4:35 PM EDT |
| Updated: | Aug 17, 2010 1:35 PM EDT |
HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) - An indictment shows two South Florida companies bilked Medicare out of millions on penis-pump sales.
Charlie RX and Happy Trips of Hialeah together billed $63,000 for the $395 pumps intended only for men. According to charges unsealed Monday in federal court in Miami, the federal health care program paid the two medical-equipment providers over $28,000. Among the payments were phony claims for four pumps for a single female patient.
In February, two men who ran the companies were indicted on charges of health care fraud.
Last week, two Hialeah businessmen who authorities say were in hiding were arrested. Both are accused of stealing Medicare patients' numbers and doctors' identifications to submit nearly $2 million in bogus bills.
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