Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced Tuesday that federal charges have been filed against a local doctor who allegedly submitted more than $4 million in false billings to Georgia Medicaid.
Murrell Rutledge, Jr., 52, was charged with 40 counts of health care fraud as part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown. The DOJ says the initiative has resulted in charges against 455 defendants, including 90 doctors and other licensed medical professionals for their alleged participation in health care fraud totaling $6.5 billion in false claims.
“Medicare and Medicaid funds are intended to provide essential services to some of our most vulnerable populations. When individuals exploit these programs for personal gain, they not only steal taxpayer dollars but also compromise the integrity of these programs,” said Kelly Blackmon, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, in a Wednesday press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Rutledge has operated Rutledge Medical Associates in East Point since 2014, according to authorities.
For roughly six years, beginning in January 2017, Georgia Medicaid was billed for thousands of fraudulent wound care, cyst removal, psychotherapy and allergy testing services.
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