The claims settled by the agreement are allegations and there has been no determination of liability, according to the Department of Justice.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A dermatologist and his practice have agreed to pay millions of dollars to resolve allegations of knowingly submitting false claims to federal healthcare programs, according to a release from the Department of Justice.
John Y. Chung, M.D., and his practice Skin Cancer & Cosmetic Dermatology Center, P.C. (SCCDC), operates 13 dermatology clinics in southeast Tennessee and north Georgia. According to the release, they violated the False Claims Act, a federal law that imposes liability on persons and companies who defraud governmental programs.
“When health care providers submit improper claims to federal health care programs, they waste valuable taxpayer dollars,” Special Agent in Charge Tamala E. Miles of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General said. “Working with our law enforcement partners, our agency will continue to protect federal health care programs from fraud, waste, and abuse to ensure they can be used for their intended purposes.”
The settlement resolves allegations that Chung and SCCDC knowingly submitted false claims for payment to Medicare, Medicaid and other government payors for Mohs Micrographic Surgeries, and other dermatological procedures. The department said that people were billed as if both the surgery and pathology portions of the procedures were performed...
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