Maryland Health Care Provider Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud Resulting in Patient Deaths

MD 2016 Physician Practices

OIG Identity Theft Medicare Fraud

Penalty

$6 million

Outcome

OIG enforcement action against Maryland Health Care Provider Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud Resulting in Patient Deaths for identity theft, medicare fraud. Penalty: $6 million.

Details

Maryland Health Care Provider Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud Resulting in Patient Deaths — OIG Enforcement (2016)

OIG took enforcement action against Maryland Health Care Provider Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud Resulting in Patient Deaths in MD in 2016 involving identity theft, medicare fraud violations in the Physician Practices sector.

Penalty: $6 million

Violation types: Identity Theft, Medicare Fraud
Entity type: Physician Practice
Penalty type: Criminal
Location: MD

Source: Maryland Health Care Provider Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud Resulting in Patient Deaths

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Source: Maryland Health Care Provider Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud Resulting in Patient Deaths

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