Several Miami businessman were indicted for fraudulently billing Medicare for penis pumps. In one instance, the company billed Medicare for four different penis pumps for one female patient. “That,” said a Medicare spokesman, “we should have caught.”

The defendants are accused of stealing patient records and then submitting almost $2 million in bogus claims, exploiting how Medicare pays bills without first verifying them.

Pumps for impotence used in alleged scam [azcentral]

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