Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

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'No Show' Physician Faces 5 Years in Prison Over $13 Million Scheme

A Brooklyn, NY healthcare clinic was raking in cash over the past several years, despite the fact that investigators say its medical director wasn’t even on site to perform the services being billed to Medicare and Medicaid. The doctor pleaded guilty last week to his role in submitting over $13 million in fraudulent claims to government insurance plans between 2009 [...]
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