United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Jacqueline C. Romero, announced today that the United States has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court under the False Claims Act against Dr. James McGuckin of Radnor, PA, an interventional radiologist, and his affiliated practices and management entities. In its complaint, the United States alleges that McGuckin and his entities billed Medicare and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for medically unnecessary invasive peripheral artery procedures in patients’ legs between at least January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2019, and for which McGuckin and his entities were reimbursed at least $6.5 million for over 500 claims. The practice-entity defendants are: (1) Peripheral Vascular Institute of Philadelphia, LLC; (2) Main Line Vascular Institute LLC, of King of Prussia, PA; (3) Lehigh Valley Vascular Institute, LLC, of Bethlehem, PA; and (4) PA Vascular Institute, LLC, of East Stroudsburg, PA. The management-company defendants are Philadelphia Vascular Institute, LLC, and Pennsylvania Vascular Institute, P.C.
“Performing medically unnecessary procedures puts patients at risk and contributes to the soaring costs of health care, especially the invasive vascular procedures alleged in this case,” said U.S. Attorney Romero. “As this litigation demonstrates, we are committed to safeguarding federal health care program beneficiaries and protecting public funds.”
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