Paragon’s Fraud Roundup continues to highlight widespread health care fraud across the country—including the FBI nabbing one of its “Most Wanted Fraudsters”; a group allegedly forcing unnecessary respiratory tests on elderly patients; and multiple cases of billing for lab tests, medical devices, and services that patients did not need or receive. It’s always important to stress that these are stories that came to light between July 11 and July 24—just two weeks of fraud in America.
The complete stories can be found on the Health Care Fraud Dashboard.
National
A lab owner on the FBI’s “Most Wanted Fraudsters” list was arrested in connection with a $547 million Medicare fraud scheme that targeted elderly patients with unnecessary genetic tests. Khalid Satary, who owned and operated multiple labs throughout the U.S., allegedly conspired with patient recruiters, call centers, and telemedicine companies to deceive thousands of vulnerable Medicare beneficiaries into taking unnecessary, expensive genetic tests through deceptive marketing campaigns and illegal kickbacks and bribes. He was indicted in 2019 and released on the condition that he did not work in health care, but he allegedly kept billing Medicare, then failed to appear in court and fled the country. (July 21)
Oklahoma
An Oklahoma medical supply company owner was convicted of a $30 million scheme to defraud Medicare, TRICARE, and CHAMPVA through claims for unnecessary durable medical equipment. Mark Loftis paid more...
Paragon’s Fraud Roundup continues to highlight widespread health care fraud across the country—including the FBI nabbing one of its “Most Wanted Fraudsters”; a group allegedly forcing unnecessary ...