Anchorage Doctor Sentenced to 3.5 years for Fraudulently Billing Medicaid and Tampering with Physical Evidence

AK 2010 Behavioral Health
OIG Medicaid Fraud Obstruction
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Anchorage Doctor Sentenced to 3.5 years for Fraudulently Billing Medicaid and Tampering with Physical Evidence — Criminal

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The Alaska Department of Law, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, announced today that 40-year-old Dr. Shubhranjan Ghosh was sentenced to 3.5 years of active incarceration. Dr. Ghosh pled guilty to Medical Assistance Fraud and Tampering With Physical Evidence, which he committed between 2010 and 2013 at his practice, Ghosh Psychiatric Services.

Read more on www.law.state.ak.us

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