The president of a radiology company in Ohio has been charged with defrauding Medicare and Medicaid out of $2 million for procedures his business did not perform.
Under Judge Dan Polster, a federal jury in the U.S. District Court in Cleveland convicted Thomas O’Lear, 57, for submitting false statements and invoices on behalf of his company, Portable Radiology Services. He engaged in the billing scheme for five years, according to local news outlet, The Repository.
With locations in Lake Township and Cleveland, Portable Radiology Services offered X-ray imaging to residents in nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities and long-term care places.
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O’Lear submitted false claims between January 2013 and December 2017 that requested reimbursement from Medicaid, Medicare and Medicaid Managed Care Organizations, said federal prosecutors. This included around 151 X-ray false claims for services to patients that were dated after the patients died.
"Evidence also proved that O’Lear billed Medicare and Medicaid for purportedly having provided X-ray-related services to beneficiaries at nursing facilities on dates when the beneficiaries were hospitalized and not at the facilities; billed falsely claiming that X-ray services were performed...
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