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Sometimes Being The Low Man On The Totem Pole Doesn?t Help Much At Sentencing

By Robert David, Esq.

Alex Carrazana was a Medical Assistant. He is currently serving 72 months in prison for Medicare Fraud. He was for a time employed by a clinic called Midway Medical. At that clinic his job was to help with the infusion of drugs to HIV patients for therapy for a condition called thrombocytopenia, a bleeding disorder. He was not an owner, operator or licensed health care professional. Nearly everyone connected to the alleged conspiracy and probably even the government would concede he was not a major participant in the crimes (by way of disclosure, we represented other parties in this matter). According to the government and the plea proffers of the co-defendants who were physicians, physicians assistant and owner of Midway, the clinic billed Medicare for approximately $8,000,000 in false claims...continue to full post

Full post as published by Health Care Fraud Blog on March 11, 2010 (boomark / email).