Below are 13 cases of healthcare fraud reported by Becker's in November:
1. A Springdale, Ark.-based psychiatrist and former head of Arkansas' state medical board was charged with two counts of Medicaid fraud, according to the state attorney general's office. From Jan. 1 to April 29, 2022, Brian Hyatt, MD, allegedly made more than $300,000 in false Medicaid claims while working as medical director of the behavioral health unit at Northwest Medical Center-Springdale.
2. A nurse practitioner pleaded guilty in Boston federal court for her role in a $7.8 million telemedicine fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary medical equipment. Between December 2018 and April 2020, Daphne Jenkins worked with a telemedicine company to sign orders for unnecessary equipment for Medicare beneficiaries she had no therapeutic relationship with.
3. Desi Barroga, MD, and Deno Barroga, MD, were charged in a $12 million healthcare fraud scheme, according to the Justice Department. While operating a pain management clinic in Dallas, the pair allegedly submitted fraudulent claims to their patients' insurance companies for dozens of corticosteroid injections, while the patients only received few or no injections.
4. Steven King, the chief compliance officer of A1C Holdings, a pharmacy holding company, was sentenced to four years and six months in prison and must pay $21.7 million in restitution for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme. Mr. King was convicted for fraudulently billing Medicare for...
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