Dr. Mazumder, 46, allegedly signed orders for medically unnecessary knee braces that resulted in thousands of fraudulent claims totaling $11,436,873 to be submitted to Medicare and Tricare, the department said. She allegedly lied about performing medical exams on the beneficiaries.
She allegedly received unsigned orders for the orthopedic braces from a telemedicine company, and signed them in exchange for $20 apiece, the department said.
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