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Related: About this forumScooter Store founder resigns
The Scooter Store founder, Chairman and CEO Doug Harrison has resigned from the New Braunfels company, effective immediately.
Harrison resigned to pursue other interests, the company said in statement released Thursday.
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In 2007, the Scooter Store agreed to pay the federal government $4 million and give up about $13 million in Medicare payments to settle charges that it made false Medicare claims.
The Express-News reported at the time that the Scooter Store received $5,000 to $7,000 for every power chair it sold, according to the Justice Department. In many of those cases, though, the customer wanted a less expensive scooter at a cost of $1,500 to $2,000.
http://www.chron.com/business/article/Scooter-Store-founder-resigns-3427267.php
[font color=green]This is conjecture but based upon the recent articles about Medicare and Medicaid fraud in Texas, now seems like a good time to "pursue other interests". Particularly if those other interests are located in countries that don't have extradition treaties with the United States.[/font]
BanTheGOP
(1,068 posts)white cloud
(2,567 posts)Birds of a feather....
PROSECUTE ASAP.
benld74
(9,888 posts)sonias
(18,063 posts)Man that sounds like a pretty sweet rip off scam to me.
efhmc
(14,709 posts)through various companies is much pricier than if bought on the open market. Why can't we get some reform here? Glad he got caught.
WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)my dad had him pegged & reported him back in the mid-90s when they suggested he lie about something on his application so that Medicare would pay for a scooter.
white cloud
(2,567 posts)Need to bring back Court House public hangings
james03x
(1 post)Wos, it's really big news that [url=http://www.scootercity.co.uk/]scooter[/url] Store received $5,000 to $7,000 for every power chair it...thanks for sharing