Even by Miami-Dade's reputation for Medicare fraud, the indictment was a shocker: American Therapeutic's patients could not feed themselves or control their own bodily waste. Many lacked the mental capacity to respond to counseling; instead they simply stared at walls or watched TV.
Federal prosecutors charged Miami-based American Therapeutic Corp., the nation's largest chain of mental health clinics and four top executives with scheming to fleece $200 million from the taxpayer-funded healthcare program.
``Some of the patients were not even cognizant of where they were or what was going on around them,'' said Lanny A. Breuer, assistant attorney general of Justice's criminal division.
Federal prosecutors charged Miami-based American Therapeutic Corp., the nation's largest chain of mental health clinics and four top executives with scheming to fleece $200 million from the taxpayer-funded healthcare program.
``Some of the patients were not even cognizant of where they were or what was going on around them,'' said Lanny A. Breuer, assistant attorney general of Justice's criminal division.
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