An X-ray technician at a rural hospital in North Carolina said she knew trouble was brewing when the surgery for her work-related back injury suddenly wasn't covered by the hospital's workers' comp insurance.
It turns out that the premiums had gone unpaid for some time, leaving Melva Lilley with a surgery bill of $68,000, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
Lilley's story is one of many that have emerged in the investigation into Jorge Perez, a south Florida health care entrepreneur who federal prosecutors said masterminded a scheme to fraudulently bill insurers out of ...
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