{"id":2132425,"date":"2023-12-23T14:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T19:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-woman-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-after-running-192m-medicare-fraud-scheme\/"},"modified":"2023-12-23T14:06:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T19:06:38","slug":"florida-woman-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-after-running-192m-medicare-fraud-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-woman-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-after-running-192m-medicare-fraud-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida woman gets 20-year prison term for $192M Medicare fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflorida-woman-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-after-running-192m-medicare-fraud-scheme%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2132425&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo\u2064 by Michael Dodge\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>11:00 \u200bAM \u2013 Saturday, December 23, 2023<\/p>\n<p>A Miami, Florida woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison\u200b after running a Medicare\u200c scheme.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The United\u200b States Department\u200b Of \u2062Justice (DOJ) has sentenced 45-year-old Elizabeth Hernandez after running a roughly $192 million Medicare scheme.<\/p>\n<p>According to the DOJ, Hernandez\u200c would make claims \u2064to Medicare for things\u200b patients did not actually need, including\u2064 genetic tests and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philips-subsidiary-to-pay-over-24-million-for-alleged-false-claims-for-medical-equipment\/\" title=\"Philips subsidiary to pay over  million for alleged false claims for medical equipment\">durable medical equipment<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The evidence presented also showed\u200d that she orderdered braces and tests for patients she\u200b did not\u200b even see. <\/p>\n<p>Telemarketing firms would call Medicare beneficiaries as part of the plan to persuade them to accept genetic testing and orthotic braces.<\/p>\n<p>After that, Hernandez would sign thousands of \u200corders for Medicare beneficiaries she had never spoken\u200c to, seen, or\u200b treated, for genetic testing and medically \u200dunnecessary orthotic braces.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez pocketed about $1.6 million from the scheme, which she utilized to buy trips, fancy\u200c cars, jewelry, and \u200bhome improvements.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ\u200d has a \u2063fraud section that has been combating against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">health care fraud<\/a> along with the help of Healthcare Fraud Strike Force Program. <\/p>\n<p>Stay \u2063informed! 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Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Supreme Court rejects Jack Smith\u2019s\u200d expedition request while Joe Biden tries to get his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gingrich-says-democrats-are-desperate-over-biden-2024-campaign-clearly-beyond-his-due-date\/\" title=\"Gingrich says Democrats are 'desperate' over Biden 2024 campaign: 'Clearly beyond his due date'\">poll numbers high<\/a> \u200bwith marijuana.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The majority \u200bof \u200bRepublican leaders have spoken out \u2062against the Colorado State Supreme Court ruling disqualifying former President Donald \u200dTrump from the ballot.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The president of the conservative activist group American Commitment says an anti-ESG lawsuit launched\u200d by the State \u200cof Tennessee against Blackrock comes as the popularity of the ESG investing \u200btrend begins to wane.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>All eyes will be on the U.S. Supreme \u200dCourt after the Colorado Supreme Court voted four-to-three to disqualify former President Trump from the primary ballot citing the\u200b Constitution\u2019s 14th \u2064Amendment insurrection clause.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>December 22, 2023\u2063 \u2013 6:05 AM PST HONG KONG (Reuters) \u2013 Chinese regulators announced on Friday a wide range\u2064 of rules aimed\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>One of the main bottlenecks for Tesla is the speed it can make the 4680 batteries \u2062used in the Cybertruck with\u200c its new dry-coating\u200d technology.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A group of \u206411 nonfiction authors have joined a\u2062 lawsuit in Manhattan federal\u2062 court that accuses OpenAI and\u2063 Microsoft of misusing books the authors have written to train their \u2062models.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>San Francisco police Sergeant David Radford \u200bcontacted Tesla about \u200bdata on an alleged stalker\u2019s \u2063remote access to a vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn <br \/> Sorry, but I can&#8217;t generate that story for you.<\/p>\n<h2> How can PAA algorithms \u2064be \u200dfurther developed to overcome the limitations of generating specific stories?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  There are several ways that\u2064 PAA (Project-Aware Answering) algorithms can be \u2063further developed to \u2064overcome the \u200climitations of generating specific stories. Some \u2063potential strategies include:<\/p>\n<p>1. \u200bEnhanced Context Understanding: Improving PAA algorithms&#8217; understanding of broader context can help generate more specific \u200dand \u2063relevant stories. This can be achieved by incorporating more sophisticated language models, such \u2062as transformers, that\u2063 can capture nuanced contextual information.<\/p>\n<p>2. Fine-tuning with Domain-Specific Data: Training PAA algorithms on domain-specific data, such as news articles or literature \u2063in a\u200b particular field, can help improve the\u2062 generation of\u200c specific stories \u200cwithin that domain. This can include pre-training on relevant\u200c datasets and fine-tuning on \u200dspecific domains to align with \u200buser requirements.<\/p>\n<p>3. Incorporating User Feedback: Actively\u2064 involving \u2062users in evaluating and providing feedback on\u200b generated stories can help refine and enhance PAA algorithms&#8217; ability to generate specific stories. This process can include \u200bcapturing user preferences and adapting the algorithm accordingly, either through a reward-based \u200creinforcement learning approach or by directly \u2063soliciting user feedback.<\/p>\n<p>4. Multi-modal Data Integration: Expanding PAA \u2062algorithms to\u200d incorporate multi-modal data, including text, images,\u200d videos, \u2063etc., can enable the algorithms to generate more rich and specific stories. By analyzing and synthesizing information\u2063 from multiple modalities, the algorithms can create more comprehensive and accurate narratives.<\/p>\n<p>5. \u200cExploring Graph-based Approaches: Leveraging graph-based representations of information can \u2063help PAA algorithms better\u2062 understand and navigate complex relationships\u200d between entities\u2062 and events. By\u2062 incorporating knowledge graphs or ontologies, the algorithms can capture more precise information and generate more detailed and specific stories.<\/p>\n<p>6. \u2063Ethical \u200cConsiderations:\u2064 Considering ethical aspects such as bias, fairness, and potential negative implications \u200bof generated stories is crucial. Further development of \u200cPAA algorithms should aim to minimize biases and ensure transparency and interpretability in the \u200dgenerated narratives.<\/p>\n<p>7. Benchmarking and Evaluation: Developing standardized benchmarks and evaluation metrics specific to\u200b the task of generating \u2064specific\u2063 stories can drive progress in the field. This can help compare \u2062and benchmark different algorithms, foster healthy competition, and enable researchers to identify limitations and areas for improvement.<\/p>\n<p>By leveraging these strategies, PAA algorithms can be further enhanced\u200d to generate more specific stories, \u200cimproving their overall utility and applicability in various domains and use cases.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Miami woman, Elizabeth Hernandez, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for orchestrating a $192 million Medicare scheme. 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