article_snippet.sent: The nation's largest suppliers of HIV and AIDS medical care is accused of bilking Medicare and Medicaid in an elaborate $20 million dollar scam that spanned 12-states, according to a lawsuit filed in South Florida federal court.
article_snippet.sent: Three former managers of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation filed a suit last week alleging the AIDS Healthcare Foundation paid employees and patients kickbacks for patient referrals in an effort to boost funding from federal health programs.
article_snippet.sent: The lawsuit alleges kickbacks started in 2010 at the company's California headquarters and spread to programs in Florida and several other locations.
article_snippet.sent: a lawsuit filed in South Florida federal courtThree former managers of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation filed a suit last week alleging the AIDS Healthcare Foundation paid employees and patients kickbacks for patient referrals in an effort to boost funding from federal health programs (file photo) the AIDS Healthcare Foundation cares for more than 400,000 patients in 36 countries and is leading a mass testing initiative to identify and treat an estimated 25 million people who don't know more than 400,000 patients in 36 countries are infected, according to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation website.
article_snippet.sent: a suit last week alleging the company paid employees and patients kickbacks for patient referrals in an effort to boost funding from federal health programs (file photo) were key to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation's business model and touted by AHF President Michael Weinstein at a 2013 leadership summit, where the complaint alleges AHF President Michael Weinstein specifically directed staff to immediately raise the patient financial incentive to $50 and to implement the incentive program nationally throughout the organization.
article_snippet.sent: AHF President Michael Weinstein said small incentives for linking people to services and keeping people there are 'mainstays of public health interventions.'
article_snippet.sent: 'Not only has the AIDS Healthcare Foundation done nothing wrong, our pro-active approach to finding and linking HIV-positive individuals to lifesaving care and treatment is critical to stopping HIV in this country,' AHF President Michael Weinstein said in a statement.
article_snippet.sent: AHF President Michael Weinstein noted that the federal government and state of Florida formally declined to intervene in the legal action, which AHF President Michael Weinstein says 'speaks volumes about the merits of the case.'
article_snippet.sent: Denial: AIDS Healthcare Foundation president Michael Weinstein (seen in 2012) said in a statement Former managers Jack Carrel of Louisiana, Mauricio Ferrer of Florida, and Shawn Loftis of New York has 'done nothing wrong'
highlights_snippet.sent: Three former managers of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation filed a suit .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Three former managers of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation alleged the AIDS Healthcare Foundation paid employees and patients kickbacks for patient referrals in an effort to boost funding from federal health programs .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The lawsuit alleges kickbacks started in 2010 at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation's California headquarters and spread to programs in Florida and several other locations.