Rick Scott Deposition

Rick Scott had a little hair back then. :snicker:

[youtube:k8979peo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIYad3TvY6Q&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube:k8979peo]

Rick Scott had a little hair back then. :snicker:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIYad3TvY6Q

In the 1990s, Scott was a partner of George W. Bush in ownership of the Texas Rangers.

Hey JEB, there's more than one way to defeat terms limits.

In 1995, the Clinton administration announced a “crackdown” on Medicare billing practices across the health-care industry (Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, May 4, 1995). The number of Medicare investigations increased from around 600 in 1992 to more than 2,200 investigations by 1996. At the time, there were tens of thousands of pages of Medicare regulations, and virtually all healthcare companies were affected by the government crackdown.

By 1998, the government “crackdown” was becoming controversial. The healthcare industry started pushing back, complaining that the federal government was classifying many honest mistakes as “fraud,” and playing a game of “Gotcha!” (Forbes, May 18, 1998)

Eventually, the government was forced to launch a program to help train hospital billing personnel in how to properly interpret Medicare billing regulations (Source: “Hospitals get advice on fraud prevention,” USA Today, February 12, 1998).
Was Rick’s company, Columbia/HCA, the only one to pay fines??
No, it wasn’t. Thousands of companies paid fines — virtually the entire industry was affected. And many well-known hospitals got hit with multimillion-dollar fines. Among those hit the hardest: Harvard University Hospitals, University of Chicago Hospital, Yale Hospital, Duke University Hospital and the Johns Hopkins University Hospital.
Is it true that Rick Scott was guilty and paid $1.7 billion for Medicare fraud?
No. Rick was never fined, and never charged with doing anything wrong — he was never even questioned as part of the investigation. And he played no part in Columbia/HCA’s decision to settle claims with the government.
Is It True Rick Scott took $300 Million When He left Columbia/HCA
Yes! That is what for-profit CEO’s do! They manage private sector businesses efficiently and with a goal of making honest profit’s for their shareholders and obviously a successful CEO is entitled to a share of that profit! (An action which is foreign to career bureaucrats and not understandable by same!)
Rick and Columbia/HCA parted ways in mid-1997 over the issue of how to move the company forward in the face of the federal government’s investigation of Columbia/HCA …

… Almost four years after Rick and the company parted ways, Columbia/HCA, like many other companies, ultimately reached a settlement with the government. According to press reports, the company agreed to pay $840 million in fines in early 2000. Then in 2003, another settlement was reached that settled all further claims for $881 million. All told, the fines and restitution totaled just over $1.7 billion. Rick Scott has made it clear that as CEO, he accepts responsibility for the mistakes that were made on his watch.
Some people try to imply that Rick Scott was guilty of some crime. Is that true?
No. Rick Scott was never charged with doing anything wrong, and he was never even questioned.

Rick says he will turn Florida around, but what did he accomplish as CEO of Columbia/HCA?
Rick Scott demanded accountability and got results. Let’s look at what Rick Scott accomplished from 1988 to 1997:

• A decade of success — The company started with two hospitals and rapidly grew to more than 340 hospitals in under 10 years.

• High patient satisfaction — Columbia consistently outperformed the rest of the hospital industry in patient satisfaction. The Gallup Organization found that 94% of patients at Columbia were satisfied or very satisfied, compared with just 88% for the rest of the industry (Source: “Investing in 21st Century Hospitals,” Health Affairs Magazine, March/April 1997)

BILL McCOLLUM ON MEDICARE FRAUD, 1998
In 1998, then Florida Congressman Bill McCollum sided with the hospital industry (i.e. Columbia-HCA) when he spoke against the federal government’s efforts on Medicare fraud. These are excerpts from the Congressional Record of McCollum’s remarks on March 19, 1998, on the Health Care Claims Guidance Act. McCollum is now criticizing , Rick Scott, former CEO of Columbia-HCA, for alleged Medicare fraud:

“We should not carelessly paint all health-care billing mistakes as billing fraud.”

“The most innocent of providers often feel forced to settle these claims instead of facing the prospect of an automatic $10,000 fine for a small disputed amount.”

“Considering that providers are faced with a federal health-care payment system of more than 1,700 pages of law and over 1,200 pages of regulations interpreting those laws, as well as thousands of additional pages of instruction, it is inevitable that human error will occur and that erroneous claims will be submitted.”
“Even if a provider could clearly prove their innocence and show that these claims resulted from innocent clerical error, they would be likely to settle the case rather than incur large legal costs.”

This video is about a very deceitful candidate who is now trying to run for Governor (and our boss), not a bunch of reporting about medicare.
Oh I forgot you like crooks as your boss. I can think of a few like Fred O'****inson and co.

Nice try.

That is the same same shifty eyed critter that wants to reach into you're pocket and steal you're pension money :devil:

Is that like losing $24BIllion so her campaign contributors get rich?

Rick has my vote as I want to try somthing new besides the good old boy network of things. :|

Rick has my vote as I want to try somthing new besides the good old boy network of things. :|

:roll: Yes all state workers should vote for someone who wants to cut their pay and benefits.

Wow!!!! Do we really want a man that doesn't understand what anything is, yet was a lawyer. Pretty shifty, if you ask me! :evil:

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