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Gift cards, free rides and unneeded surgeries: LA Medicare fraud indictment

FOX 11 Los Angeles reports from Tarzana, where federal agents arrested one of two medical professionals accused in a $135 million scheme.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 276,779 views a day, 19 times a normal first day on this channel (14,481).

LA doctor, chiropractor indicted in $135M fraud scheme

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0:08Gigi Graciette reports live outside the Tarzana home where one of the two defendants was arrested.
0:33A surgeon and a chiropractor are indicted in an alleged $135 million scheme billing Medicare for unnecessary arterial procedures.
1:27U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli describes the arrest warrant and says unnecessary surgeries harmed patients.
3:07A morning SWAT raid with flashbangs led neighbors to call 911, believing shots had been fired.
4:15Alleged recruitment methods included gift cards, free transportation and pressure to switch insurance plans.
5:08The anchors and Graciette urge patients to get a second opinion before surgery.

Prosecutors say the patients in this case were offered gift cards, free transportation and, according to the video's description, free groceries. Then, they say, the patients were sent into leg procedures they did not need. Some were left in continuous pain.

Gigi Graciette reports live for Good Day LA from outside a Tarzana home, where one of the two defendants was arrested that morning. A cardiothoracic surgeon and a chiropractor have been indicted, accused of billing Medicare for unnecessary arterial procedures.

U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, in an FBI tactical vest, calls it "the worst type of healthcare fraud because you have doctors who are supposed to be doing no harm." He is just as clear about the patients: "They're victims in this. They were told by these medical professionals that they needed this operation."

Graciette describes the raid itself. A SWAT team used flashbangs, and neighbors called 911 because they thought shots had been fired. She also explains how the scheme allegedly recruited patients, including pressure to change insurance plans so that each procedure would pay more.

The report drew about 200,000 views in its first 13 hours, far beyond a usual first day for one of the station's regular uploads. Its comment section filled even faster than its view count. Many commenters ask why a chiropractor would be involved in surgery at all, and others turn to the wider cost of American healthcare.

The broadcast closes back in the studio, where the anchors and Graciette make a practical point: get a second opinion before agreeing to surgery.

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