tci Part B Insider - 2013 Issue 17

Physician Note: Medicare Fraud 'Mastermind' Pleads Guilty to $29 Million Scheme

Plus: Don’t let email trip up your HIPAA efforts. When you think of a criminal mastermind, you might be picturing a villain from the latest James Bond movie. But in reality, the government has described a Michigan-based man as just that due to his efforts to defraud Medicare to the tune of $29 million. Sachin Sharma pleaded guilty on May 3 to conspiracy to commit health care fraud as well as tax evasion for his role billing home health and psychotherapy services that were never provided. Court documents indicate that he paid kickbacks to patient recruiters to get...

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