Louisiana Psychiatrist Sentenced to Serve More Than Seven Years in Prison for His Role in $258 Million Medicare Fraud Sc
Outcome
OIG enforcement action against Louisiana Psychiatrist Sentenced to Serve More Than Seven Years in Prison for His Role in $258 Million Medicare Fraud Sc for medicare fraud, obstruction. Penalty: $258.5 million.
Details
Louisiana Psychiatrist Sentenced to Serve More Than Seven Years in Prison for His Role in $258 Million Medicare Fraud Sc — OIG Enforcement (2014)
OIG took enforcement action against Louisiana Psychiatrist Sentenced to Serve More Than Seven Years in Prison for His Role in $258 Million Medicare Fraud Sc in LA in 2014 involving medicare fraud, obstruction violations in the Hospitals / Health Systems sector.
Penalty: $258.5 million
Violation types: Medicare Fraud, Obstruction
Entity type: Hospital
Penalty type: Criminal
Location: LA
Source: Louisiana Psychiatrist Sentenced to Serve More Than Seven Years in Prison for His Role in $258 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
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