A $6.5 million payment will settle Medicaid and Medicare fraud claims after a Metro Detroit doctor had excessive billing and additional charges.
Metro Detroit Doctor Agrees to Pay $6.5 Million in Settlement Following Medicaid and Medicare Fraud Claims
A Metro Detroit doctor named Dr. Rajendra Bothra agreed to pay $6.5 million in settlement following the Medicaid and Medicare fraud claims, wherein the Metro Detroit doctor and his medical clinics were accused of billing Medicare and Medicaid excessively and giving additional charges, leading to the Medicaid and Medicare fraud claims.
According to a report published in Audacy, the Medicaid and Medicare fraud claims started after it was revealed that the Metro Detroit doctor and his medical clinics had been scamming the programs for three years, violating the False Claims Act, requiring them to settle the Medicaid and Medicare fraud claims.
Following the Medicaid and Medicare fraud claims, the Metro Detroit doctor reportedly provided procedures to get additional charges from patients, even if they did not need the procedures and even charged the federal programs with expensive bills for various procedures under the Medicaid and Medicare fraud claims.
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Medicaid and Medicare Fraud Claims Considered One of the Worst Healthcare Scams in US
Officials claimed that the recent Medicaid and Medicare fraud claims involving the Metro Detroit doctor and his medical clinics are among the worst healthcare scams in the United States.
Aside from the Medicaid and Medicare fraud claims, the Metro Detroit doctor had already been involved in a case with other doctors after illegally prescribing pain medication, cheating the federal programs, The Detroit News reported.