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Powerful medicine: Broward Health offers nearly $70 million to settle federal fraud probe

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By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org, Special to SouthFloridaReporter.com, Aug 21, 2015 – Taxpayer-supported Broward Health offered Thursday to pay $69.5 million to settle a four-year-old federal investigation into allegations of massive Medicare and Medicaid fraud.

The proposed payout is on top of more than $10.2 million the North Broward Hospital District – Broward Health’s legal name – already haspaid an out-of-state law firm for legal advice about how to deal with the probe.

Broward Health’s executive boardroom was packed with as many lawyers as commissioners when the unanimous vote was made to approve the offer. The vote followed a two-hour non-public meeting about the case between the seven-member commission and defense counsel.

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