ALPENA — An Alpena woman faces accusations she conspired to defraud Medicare of more than $3 million in collaboration with an out-of-state telemedicine staffing company.
An indictment filed earlier this month in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan names Fawn Munro as a participant in a scheme in which Munro, a registered nurse, allegedly agreed to order unnecessary medical equipment for Medicare beneficiaries.
The charge alleges that in 2018 and 2019, Munro “devised and engaged in” a scheme to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare for reimbursement and altered patient files to support false claims to Medicare.
Munro declined to comment for this story.
According to the indictment, those involved in the alleged scheme submitted more than $3.3 million in false and fraudulent claims, of which Medicare paid more than $1.8 million.
Munro’s LinkedIn page lists her as an employee in the cardiology department of MyMichigan Medical Center Alpena from 2015 to 2020. A MyMichigan Health spokeswoman did not return a request for comment.
The indictment makes no mention of Munro’s affiliation with MyMichigan nor accusations that the health system was involved in the alleged scheme.
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