Doctors approved fake patient charts in $200M Medicare fraud plot

Fierce Healthcare reports:

Twenty people, including three medical doctors and two PhDs, were indicted in Florida for a mix of healthcare fraud, kickback and money laundering charges that were part of their alleged role in a $200 million Medicare fraud plot for supposed mental health services, the Department of Justice and HHS announced yesterday.

According to the 38-count indictment, which supersedes a 13-count indictment from October 2010, the defendants reportedly worked with and for American Therapeutic Corporation and Medlink Professional Management Group Inc.

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