(The Center Square) – The federal government and the state of Illinois have filed a joint complaint alleging that a Chicago-area medical practice and billing company knowingly submitted fraudulent claims to Medicaid and Medicare, resulting in the payment of more than $5.2 million in false claims.
According to the complaint filed in federal court on Monday, Foot & Ankle Health Care Center, LTD., European Foot & Ankle Surgical Care, LTD., their owner, Dr. Vadim Goshko, and billing companies Atlantic Wave Holdings, LLC and Atlantic Wave II, LLC knowingly submitted fraudulent claims to Medicaid for podiatry services performed by oshko after he had already been terminated from the Medicaid program.
Because Illinois Medicaid was no longer paying Goshko’s claims, the defendants allegedly worked together to submit claims that listed other physicians as having provided the podiatry services that were actually performed by Goshko.
The government’s complaint seeks treble damages and civil penalties under the federal False Claims Act, the Illinois False Claims Act, and common law claims for payments by mistake and unjust enrichment.
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