Anchorage Physician Arrested for Fraudulently Billing Medicaid and Tampering with Physical Evidence
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Anchorage Physician Arrested 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 the arrest of an Anchorage area physician for fraudulently billing Medicaid for hundreds of thousands of dollars and for tampering with physical evidence in an ongoing investigation. Dr. Shubhranjan Ghosh, 39, of Anchorage, Alaska and the founder of Ghosh Psychiatric Services, was arrested yesterday evening on a criminal complaint alleging that he committed medical assistance fraud, scheme to defraud and evidence tampering.
Read more on www.law.state.ak.us
HHS Office of Inspector General
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