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FBI arrests man in $3.7B 'Medicare scam,' Houston seniors impacted

  • Jul 11

Pearland clinic owner indicted in alleged $906M Medicare fraud: docs

  • Jun 20
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Medicare enrollees can get GLP-1 drugs for $50

  • May 7

Medicare revokes Houston company's billing after 13 Investigates

  • Feb 26

'It ain't right': Senior flags Medicare misbilling by Houston company

  • Feb 14

Trump administration moves to cut off care for transgender youth

  • Dec 19, 2025

'I would know if I had a catheter': Man surprised by Medicare charges

  • Nov 26, 2025

1.7M Texans could lose health coverage under changes in GOP megabill

  • Jul 18, 2025

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FBI arrests man in $3.7B 'Medicare scam,' Houston seniors impacted

  • Jul 11
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Pearland clinic owner indicted in alleged $906 million Medicare fraud scheme, court records show

  • Jun 20
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Medicare revokes Houston company's billing after 13 Investigates unrecognized charges

  • Feb 26
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'I would know if I had a catheter': Man surprised by Medicare charges

  • Nov 26, 2025
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3 Houston-area women accused of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid out of $87M, DOJ says

  • Jun 25, 2025
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Hospital's Medicare/Medicaid contract extended, pending inspection

  • Dec 11, 2021
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Hospitals brace for potential COVID winter surge with 2 variants

  • Dec 5, 2021
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Patients facing rejection as UMMC nears losing Medicare contract

  • Dec 2, 2021

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Trump megabill: Who will benefit in midterms -- Republicans or Democrats?

Republicans see a lot to celebrate, but Democrats are hoping to build momentum leading into the 2026 midterms.

  • Jul 4, 2025

3 Houston-area women accused of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid out of $87M, DOJ says

Three Houston-area women are accused of defrauding the US government out of more than $80 million in federal Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement funds.

  • Jun 25, 2025
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Home health agency owner convicted of Medicare fraud, falsifying medical records, officials say

Authorities said the 64-year-old's home health agency billed Medicare over $400,000 in claims for health services and falsified records to support them.

  • May 26, 2025
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HHS to build Medicare, Medicaid database on autism, other chronic illnesses

The database - which HHS said will draw from insurance claims, medical records, and data from wearable technology such as smartwatches - is one of the first steps in HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s bid to find the causes of autism "by September."

  • May 7, 2025

Trump administration halts Biden proposal to let Medicare, Medicaid cover anti-obesity drugs

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services did not explain why it was not finalizing the proposal, which the Biden administration unveiled in November.

  • Apr 5, 2025