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Healthcare billing fraud: 10 recent cases – 3
Becker's Healthcare July 10, 2024
From a Montana physician pleading guilty to participating in a $39 million scheme to the Justice Department filing charges against nearly 200 people for $2.8 billion in fraud schemes, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker’s has reported since June 20:
1. A physician with a St. Louis office and two employees have been accused of illegally prescribing controlled substances and healthcare fraud.
2. An Illinois physician pleaded guilty to billing Medicaid and private insurers for nonexistent services.
3. A podiatrist in Memphis, Tenn., was sentenced to four years in prison for a scheme to defraud Medicare and the state’s Medicaid program out of nearly $4 million in foot bath medication reimbursements.
4. The Justice Department filed...
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