Telemedicine Company Owner Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for $56M Medicare Fraud Scheme
Outcome
OIG enforcement action against Telemedicine Company Owner Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for $56M Medicare Fraud Scheme for kickbacks, medicare fraud. Penalty: $27.9 million.
Details
Telemedicine Company Owner Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for $56M Medicare Fraud Scheme — OIG Enforcement (2017)
OIG took enforcement action against Telemedicine Company Owner Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for $56M Medicare Fraud Scheme in GA in 2017 involving kickbacks, medicare fraud violations in the DME Suppliers sector.
Penalty: $27.9 million
Violation types: Kickbacks, Medicare Fraud
Entity type: Dme Supplier
Penalty type: Criminal
Location: GA
Source: Telemedicine Company Owner Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for $56M Medicare Fraud Scheme
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Crucible's billing compliance controls enforce documentation-to-claims reconciliation, requiring clinical attestation before claims submission and flagging billing patterns that deviate from documented care delivery. Crucible's referral monitoring tracks patient source patterns and flags arrangements that correlate referral volume with financial relationships, enforcing anti-kickback compliance documentation.
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