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Sharief signed an agreement to repay $ 540,328 over three years, an amount that includes the
Medicaid overcharges as well as additional fines and costs According to the Agency for Health Care Administration, the settlement agreement did "not constitute an admission of wrongdoing or error by either party with respect to this case or any other matter."
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Medicaid. Sharief disputed the audit results, but agreed to "settle the matter rather than fight and continue to mount legal fees." In May 2013,
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910:"Broward Elects First African American Female Mayor « CBS Miami"
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