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Showing 1 thru 10 of 37. 1 2 3 4 NEXT > Psychiatrists performing miracles? Wednesday July 09, 2008 by Joel Hesch -- Psychiatrists sometimes try playing God. That's right. Psychiatrists are claiming the ability to perform miracles when treating mental disorders in the elderly. If billing records are to be believed, they are omnipresent – capable of providing services in two rooms at the same time. ... Radiologists who take more than X-rays Wednesday June 25, 2008 by Joel Hesch -- The day before I started working as a law school professor, I spent most of the night in the emergency room with a sharp pain in my lower chest. My wife suspected I had simply torn a muscle, trying to act younger than my age, but a doctor friend from D.C. suggested over the telephone that it coul ... Achtung! German firms cheat military Wednesday June 18, 2008 by Joel Hesch -- As gasoline prices climb higher and higher, it's easy to wonder if the oil companies are fixing prices. Our congressional leaders have been wondering the same thing, so they are holding hearings to find out if that is going on. Price fixing is an ugly act in anyone's book. Another variati ... Dentists who prey on children Wednesday June 11, 2008 by Joel Hesch -- I don't know about you, but just mentioning the word dentist makes my stomach churn. The sound of a dentist's drill sends shivers down my spine. One of the most frightening lines in the English language is: "You need a root canal." As if we needed another reason to hate dentists, did you ... Stealing time, stealing money Wednesday June 04, 2008 by Joel Hesch -- Time is more precious than gold. If somebody could figure out how to turn it into money, they'd could make a fortune. Some government contractors have done just that. When you put money in the bank, you earn interest, based on the time that money stays in the account. "Time value of money ... Stealing millions from veterans' health care Wednesday May 28, 2008 by Joel Hesch -- Retired veterans deserve good health care, but that is not what they got from a Philippine company. Instead, Health Visions Corp., or HVC, a chain of clinics and hospitals in the Philippines, saw a thousand retired soldiers living in the Philippines as nothing more than a tool for cheating the U. ... Eye doctors seeing green Wednesday May 21, 2008 by Joel Hesch -- Until recently, the standard for eye exams has been "20-20" – which is what a "normal" person should be able to see when standing 20 feet away from an eye chart. However, a few doctors have begun to use a new vision standard for themselves. I call it "seeing green." When one group o ... Is your pharmacy switching drugs? Wednesday May 14, 2008 by Joel Hesch -- Do you ever have trouble reading the scribbled name of the drugs your doctor writes on a prescription? Sometimes I wonder if the pharmacist ever gets it wrong. Well, the answer is yes, but not in the way you might expect. Some pharmacies intentionally substitute drugs – if it means they mak ... Cheating the dying of hope Wednesday May 07, 2008 by Joel Hesch -- Around the world, 40 million people are HIV-positive and 20 million have died from AIDS. That explains why the president created what is known as the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which calls for spending of $20 billion. Recently, the House of Representatives passed a bill that woul ... 'Free' credit report scam Wednesday April 30, 2008 by Joel Hesch -- When does "free" mean "you have to pay for it"? Answer: In advertisements on TV and the Internet promising you a "free" credit report! Sadly, what you actually end up with is a charge of $40 and/or regular monthly charges to your credit card. Can you really get a free credit report, and s ... Pages: 1 2 3 4 NEXT > Special offer: Joel Hesch spent 15 years as an attorney in the Fraud Section of the Department of Justice helping administer the national whistleblower reward program. He is the author of "Whistleblowing: A Guide to Government Reward Programs: How to Collect Millions of Dollars for Reporting Fraud." Hesch is currently a professor at Liberty University School of Law and represents whistleblowers filing for rewards. His website contains up-to-the-minute updates on these reward programs.
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