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tci Part B Insider - 2010 Issue 32
Physician Notes: Physician Convicted in $2.3 Million Medicare Scheme
Plus: Don't forget ZPICs when it comes to your compliance program.Clinics billing Medicare for millions of dollars worth of services -- but without any legitimate services -- always get caught eventually.Case in point: A Michigan-based clinic was recently nailed by the Dept. of Justice, which accused the clinic of billing Medicare for $2.3 million in fraudulent charges. The clinic's owner was married to a physician who falsified patient records by documenting fictitious symptoms that could justify expensive and exotic medications, according to a DOJ news release on the topic.The patients that visited the clinic were...
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