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Valatie doctor charged in scam: Telemedicine kickbacks cost Medicare $7M, feds claim
By Robert Gavin An anesthesiologist from Columbia County is charged with taking kickbacks in a Medicare fraud scheme in which she prescribed knee braces and topical cream for patients she never met or examined — including a man who could not walk. Federal prosecutors...
read moreA State Supreme Court judge ruled that a lawsuit over inaccessible subway stations can move forward.
June 5, 2019 Today was a big day for our state lawsuit which attacks the widespread inaccessibility of the subway system under the New York City Human Rights Law. Judge Hagler, ruling from the bench, denied the MTA and the City of New York’s motions to dismiss our...
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