SIOUX CITY -- The federal government has sued a former Sioux City plastic surgeon who is alleged to have filed more than a thousand fraudulent claims for medical services.
A complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Sioux City charges Adam Smith, also known as Adam Bryant, with two counts of violating the federal False Claims Act. The complaint also includes two counts of violating Iowa's False Claims Act.
Smith, who was previously found guilty of similar practices in Michigan, potentially faces penalties of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Both the federal and state governments are entitled to judgments that triple the costs incurred for any false claims. In addition, the federal government is entitled to penalties between $13,508 and $27,018 for each of more than a thousand claims Smith submitted.
Smith, who now lives in Minnesota, practiced in Sioux City from August 2014 to August 2019 and was affiliated with Tri-State Specialists before leaving the group.
During that time, the complaint says, Smith billed Medicare and other government programs for surgical procedures he said were medically necessary but were actually unnecessary and thus ineligible for government...
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