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Caught Our Eye

Former rep. lobbies for hospital with past fraud problems

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 14, 2016

Former Rep. Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.) has registered as a federal lobbyist for the first time to fight for Medicare payments to a hospital in his district that settled charges of Medicare fraud when he was in office.

Bishop is representing Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center. Bishop indicated in a lobbying filing that he would be focusing on "meaningful use," a Medicare and Medicaid program that incentivizes the use of certified electionic health records.

In 2010, Brookhaven agreed to pay nearly $3 million to resolve allegations of Medicare fraud. The same year, Bishop co-sponsored an earmark directing $150,000 to the Long Island, N.Y.-based hospital for facilities and equipment. The hospital is one of the largest employers in Bishop's former district.

Since losing his reelection in 2014, Bishops has been a principal at Envision Strategy, a government-affairs firm specializing in advocacy, government markets and organized labor.

He had served in Congress since 2003. He previously spent 29 years working as administrator at Southampton College.

Subjects: Long Island Community Hospital (Brookhaven, N.Y.); Former Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY); Envision Strategy LLC; Stony Brook Southampton

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