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In Utah, pursuant to his guilty plea, a doctor was sentenced to time served
and ordered to pay $146,000 in restitution. The doctor billed Medicare, Medicaid
and private insurers for IV therapy but actually treated patients with chelation
therapy, a non-covered service.
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In Wisconsin, a cardiologist was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine for transporting
an unapproved medical device which he used in a medical procedure. In March 2005,
the cardiologist entered into a $1 million settlement with the Government to
resolve his liability under the False Claims Act for allegedly submitting claims
to Medicare for medical procedures using the unapproved medical device.
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Kickbacks
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In Louisiana, the former owner/administrator of a geriatric psychiatric facility was sentenced to 15
months in prison and ordered to pay $313,000 in restitution for health care fraud and for illegal payment
of kickbacks. The man failed to disclose a related party on the facility’s 1999 cost report and
paid marketers for Medicare referrals. In addition, for receiving illegal kickback payments, a marketer
was ordered to pay $67,000 in restitution.
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Child
Support Enforcement
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In Illinois, pursuant to his guilty plea, a man was sentenced to 5 years
probation and ordered to pay $48,000 in restitution for failure to pay child
support. A former law enforcement officer, the man never made a voluntary payment
since ordered in 1992.
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