tci Part B Insider - 2008 Issue 35

Physician Notes: Department of Justice Nails Physician's Assistant And Medical Biller in Phony HIV Infusion Scam

Plus: Next year physicians will no longer need accreditation to supply durable medical equipment.If you think the government is only cracking down on doctors, a new Department of Justice (DOJ) report shows that physicians' assistants are just as vulnerable to abuse and fraud accusations.According to a Sept. 18 DOJ press release, a Miami-based physician's assistant pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicare out of $119 million in HIV infusion reimbursement.The physician's assistant, along with several accomplices, set up fake HIV infusion clinics around South Florida. Also guilty in the scam were a medical biller, several physicians, and other...

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