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Autism Therapy Is Booming, With Lax Regulations

Autism Therapy Providers Are
Raking It in From Medicaid

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Mar 13, 2026 11:20 AM CDT

Autism Therapy Providers Are Raking It in From Medicaid

Multiple states are looking into soaring autism therapy costs, billing issues, fraud risks

(Newser) - Taxpayer-funded autism therapy has quietly become one of Medicaid's richest growth markets, and one of its biggest headaches. The Wall Street Journal reports that direct Medicaid payments for applied behavior analysis, or ABA, more than tripled, to $2.2 billion, between 2019 and 2023, even as federal auditors are...

500+ Women Sue Va. Hospital for Alleged Unneeded Surgeries

500+ Women Want $10M Each
From Hospital Over Surgeries

500+ Women Want $10M Each From Hospital Over Surgeries

Black Medicaid patients allege decades of nonconsensual, unneeded reproductive procedures

(Newser) - Hundreds of women are accusing a Virginia hospital and its leaders of looking the other way while a gynecologist allegedly subjected patients for years to needless, often life-altering surgery. In a sweeping lawsuit filed on Monday, 510 former patients of Chesapeake Regional Medical Center say the hospital and three current...

Russian Diplomats Charged
in $1.5M Medicaid Fraud

Dec 5, 2013 11:09 AM CST

Russian Diplomats Charged in $1.5M Medicaid Fraud

More than 3 dozen diplomats and their spouses accused of faking births

(Newser) - More than three dozen Russian diplomats and their spouses enjoyed luxury vacations and spent tens of thousands of dollars at the finest stores as they lied about their incomes to get the government to pay their health care bills, federal prosecutors in New York said today. The diplomats were among...

Dentist Used Paper Clips
—in Root Canals

Jan 24, 2012 11:56 AM CST

Dentist Used Paper Clips —in Root Canals

Michael Clair also charged with Medicaid fraud

(Newser) - Paper clips and stainless steel posts: Basically the same thing, right? A former Massachusetts dentist has pleaded guilty to a host of charges, including the accusation that he used parts of paper clips rather than stainless steel posts to support root canals in an attempt to save money. Michael Clair'...

After Senate, Santorum Got Rich on Consulting Gigs

Jan 5, 2012 9:36 AM CST

After Senate, Santorum Got Rich on Consulting Gigs

He's made millions off Senate experience

(Newser) - A funny thing happened between the end of Rick Santorum’s Senate career and his now-ascendant presidential run: He became a millionaire. Santorum has oft touted his blue collar upbringing, and when he left the Hill in 2006 he was indeed one of its least wealthy denizens, with assets valued...

Millions Siphoned From Medicaid by Fake Firms

Dummy Firms Squeeze Millions From Medicare

INVESTIGATION

Dec 22, 2011 4:42 AM CST

Dummy Firms Squeeze Millions From Medicare

Fraud-fighters finding it hard to stay ahead of shell companies

(Newser) - Fraudsters using complicated networks of ghost companies are sucking hundreds of millions of dollars out of Medicare every year and it's a bit like taking candy from a baby, a Reuters investigation finds. The probe—which officials say will likely lead to a criminal investigation of the firms involved—...

Disabled Vet Gets $15M for Exposing Medicaid Fraud

Sep 14, 2011 5:01 PM CDT

Disabled Vet Gets $15M for Exposing Medicaid Fraud

His health care provider billed for services it never provided

(Newser) - A case of Medicaid fraud with the perfect ending: A 63-year-old disabled vet in New Jersey is $15 million richer because he figured out that his health care provider was cooking the books, reports the New York Post . Robert West got suspicious when he went to the dentist and was...