The CEO of a medical imaging company based in Ocoee, Fla., will be banned from doing business with Medicare for eight years after the company attempted to defraud the U.S. of $1.6 million, according to a Bloomberg report.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services claims that under CEO Michael Dinkel’s leadership, Drew Medical billed Medicare and Medicaid for 9,500 procedures over two years that were never performed.
The ban from Medicare accompanies a $1.1 million fine.
Read the Bloomberg report on Drew Medical.
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