Health Law

Doctor to Return to U.S. to Face Fraud Charges

By Todd A. Rodriguez

According to an article in the News Tribune, the long arm of the federal government has tracked a Washington state doctor to Madagascar and brought him back to the U.S. to face fraud charges.  The doctor, who operated four clinics in Washington, will be charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud following an audit of the doctor's Medicaid billing practices.  According to the article, undercover agents posing as patients visited the practice and claims were allegedly submitted for higher levels of service than were actually provided and/or for services not rendered.

Full post as published by Physician Law on October 07, 2009 (boomark / email).