MEDICARE FRAUD BY CAROLE WELLS USING MY NAME AS JANET WINSTON

Following up on my last BLOG regarding reporting Medicare Fraud, I am listing 10 medical facilities and doctors who have billed me in the name of Janet Winston or sent correspondence for Medicare, and not in my legal name of Janet H. Winston, as listed with Medicare and my number is under, as of October 15, 2015.

1. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center where she had cancer surgery the same day I did as arranged by Dr. Oliver Dorigo and this fraud has caused a complete turn over at UCLA Health, including the departure of CEO, Dr. David Feinberg.

2. Cedars Sinai Medical Center Imaging Department for X-rays.

3. Marina del Rey Emergency Hospital where I was taken by ambulance after I broke my ankle and tibia in February, 2015, but she had already used them in my name before

4. University Foot & Ankle Institute of Santa Monica had all of my surgery documents in the name of Janet Winston until I demanded they change it to my legal name.

5. Kaiser Permanente Senior Advantage HMO, she has used this hospital for prescription drugs in my name

6. SilverScript Choice (PDP) which is a drug prescription company thath I have never used but she has in my name.

7. AARP Medicare Complete through United HealthCare that she has used under my name after I dropped them as Part D prescription drug plan under Medicare.

8.  Dr. Gary Briskin wrote her a prescription for Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen for 60 pills in my name.

9. Dr. Alan G. Silverman.  I do not believe he personally knew anything about it.

10. CVS Pharmacy on Sepulveda & National Blvds., filled my prescription for Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen for 60 pills in the name of Dr. Gary Briskin instead of the doctor who wrote the prescription – Dr. Jason Morris, and only charged my .40 cents with no insurance.  At another CVS when I left the ER, my prescription was $17.00 for 14 pills and works out to over $1.00 per pill that should have cost me $60.00 but for Janet Winston it was only .40 cents.   

This is Medicare Fraud.  This woman used my name and address to get medical treatments, surgery and drugs – using me for the reduced cost of paying cash and at the rate of Medicare schedules.  I am not saying all of the names above were in on the fraud other than UCLA Health, because a patient has to make financial arrangements before surgery, and Carole Wells did not use my Medicare card in any of these situations, but she did pay cash.  She used my name and only when I also used these professionals did they realize she was a fraud. She paid cash, no insurance was involved, and I’m sure at a discounted rate. 

Carole Wells is 5’4”, 100lbs, bleach blonde with brown eyes and looks younger than her 73 years with face-lifts.

(See Sixth Anniversary of Fraud for my comment)

TELEVISION COMMERCIALS WILL CHANGE MEDICARE FRAUD

The Government is running national television commercials for the prevention of Medicare Fraud and using average citizens (not government employees) to urge the public to be on the look-out for fraud and gives an (800) number to call and report it.

1. Dr. Fata of Michigan was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison on July 10, 2015 for chemotherapy treatments that were not needed for cancer.

2. Dr. Ingram of Virginia was ordered to pay in a lawsuit $500,000.00 for a diagnosis of Hemorrhoids in June, 2015 that was a lie.

3. UCLA Health is changing now because Dr. David Feinberg left as CEO of UCLA Medical Center at the end of July, 2015... after Dr. Fata had been sentenced.

If my Blog has in any way contributed to the Federal Government's decision to create these television commercial public service announcements, alerting the public of potential Medicare Fraud, then I am absolutely thrilled!!  In all the years I have tried to contact Medicare to report the fraud I was subjected to at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, I could not find a phone number - and ended up speaking with a fraudulent company in Tampa, Florida that only received the information, who then reported back to the doctors involved - mainly Oliver Dorigo - to change his records.

Now, the 59 million Medicare beneficiaries will have the right number to call - Finally there is a solution!

Call 1-(800)-Medicare (1-800-633-4227) to report fraud.