tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 39

Physicians: WHEN A PATIENT TURNS INTO A WHISTLEBLOWER...

Michigan doctor on the line for more than $500,000.  Doctors can't be in two places at once - and trying to be can cost them big time. Dr. Raymond Weitzman recently learned that lesson the hard way, and now will hand over $571,451 to settle allegations that he improperly billed Medicare for the treatment of thousands of nursing home patients. The improper billing spanned a six-year period, from January 1993 through April 1999, according to U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Collins. Among his more grievous billing errors: In a single day, the West Bloomfield, MI physician billed...

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