tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2013 Issue 8

Industry Notes

Missouri Doctor Faces Sentence for Chronic Upcoding A Missouri physician and her husband are facing penalties after pleading guilty to upcoding and falsifying claims at their medical clinic. Carol Ann Ryser worked as the medical director and her husband, Michael Earl Ryser, was the CEO of Health Centers of America-Kansas City, a clinic that specialized in diagnosing and treating chronic diseases such as fibromyalgia and Lyme disease, the Department ofJustice reported in a March 22 news release. The couple pleaded guilty to billing for physician visits when the physician was actually out of town, billing for visits when she...

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