Those indicted included physicians and healthcare executives in Houston, New York, Boston and Louisiana who were involved in false billing for “arthritis kits,” power wheelchairs and enteral feeding supplies, according to the release.
According to the indictments, the defendants charged participated in schemes to submit claims to Medicare for products that were not medically necessary and, often, never provided. In some cases, indictments allege that beneficiaries were deceased at the time they received the items.
The indictments are a result of the continuing operation of the joint DOJ-HHS Medicare Fraud Strike Force effort against individuals and healthcare companies that fraudulently bill Medicare.
Read the DOJ-HHS release on the Medicare fraud arrests.
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