Monday, August 16, 2010

"2 Hialeah businessmen busted for bilking Medicare for penis pumps"

That headline, from Jay Weaver's article, really says it all, doesn't it? More:

It's one thing that a pair of Hialeah companies were fraudulently billing Medicare for penis pumps at $395 a pop to supposedly help male patients combat impotence.
It's quite another that Charlie RX and Happy Trips also billed the federal healthcare program for vacuum erection systems to aid female patients battle erectile dysfunction, authorities say.
And what's even more remarkable: Medicare paid the two medical equipment providers $28,600 after they submitted a total of $63,000 in false claims for the erection pumps, according to charges unsealed Monday in federal court in Miami.


Happy Trips indeed.

4 comments:

Rumpole said...

Penis Pumps???? And you were worried about me guest blogging???

Anonymous said...

let's see the evidence

Anonymous said...

Will be a "hard" case to prove.

Anonymous said...

treat yourself to a pump for not posting my jonathan goodman comment...