California Clinic Owner Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Role in Occupational Therapy Fraud Scheme

CA 2026 Physician Practices
OIG Medicare Fraud
Penalty
$3.4 million

Outcome

OIG enforcement action against California Clinic Owner Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Role in Occupational Therapy Fraud Scheme for medicare fraud. Penalty: $3.4 million.

Details

California Clinic Owner Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Role in Occupational Therapy Fraud Scheme — OIG Enforcement (2026)

OIG took enforcement action against California Clinic Owner Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Role in Occupational Therapy Fraud Scheme in CA in 2026 involving medicare fraud violations in the Physician Practices sector.

Penalty: $3.4 million

Violation types: Medicare Fraud
Entity type: Physician Practice
Penalty type: Criminal
Location: CA

Source: California Clinic Owner Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Role in Occupational Therapy Fraud Scheme

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Source: California Clinic Owner Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Role in Occupational Therapy Fraud Scheme

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