According to the Department of Justice, the vascular surgeon allegedly violated the False Claims Act by performing medically unnecessary surgeries based on improper techniques and then submitted fraudulent bills to federal healthcare programs.
The False Claims Act states that it is illegal for companies to deliberately submit fraudulent claims for payment by federal healthcare programs such as Medicare or Medicaid.
“This civil settlement resolves claims of using improper techniques and unnecessary medical procedures to create and submit false claims to four federal health care programs. Submitting false claims for unnecessary procedures increases the cost of providing services to people who really need it,” US Attorney Leif M. Johnson said in a public statement.
“Had the United States known the truth, it would not have paid such claims. We will investigate and hold accountable medical providers who try to enrich themselves through false billing to federal health benefit programs.”
The court document states that the US’s claims against Bellamah and his practice arose from the company billing for services that were medically unnecessary and based on false medical records from January 1, 2015, through March 31, 2017.
Bellamah and the staff at Bellamah Vein Center allegedly used improper techniques to perform ultrasounds on patients.
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