Twelve individuals, including five physicians, were charged today in the Eastern District of New York for their alleged roles in separate healthcare fraud schemes that resulted in the submission of more than $95 million in false claims to the Medicare program, according to a Department of Justice news release.
According to a superseding indictment, five defendants are charged for their roles in a scheme to launder the proceeds of Medicare fraud at three Brooklyn-area medical clinics: Bay Medical Care, SVS Wellcare Medical and SZS Medical Care. These clinics allegedly paid kickbacks to Medicare beneficiaries and used the beneficiaries’ names to bill Medicare for approximately $71 million in services that were medically unnecessary and never provided.
A second indictment alleges that six defendants, including three physicians and a chiropractor, participated in a fraud scheme at URI Medical Center and Sarang Medical, two medical clinics in Flushing, N.Y. The defendants allegedly submitted approximately $11.7 million in false claims to the Medicare program for physical therapy, electric stimulation treatments and other services.
Emma Poroger, DO, of Staten Island, N.Y., is charged in a third indictment for participating in a scheme to defraud Medicare of approximately $13 million.
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