Dr. Kamali and his medical corporation, Kamali Inc., admitted they submitted claims for these devices without performing surgery. He also admitted to submitting claims to Medicare for a procedure that did not require surgical implantation and thus is not reimbursable by Medicare.
Dr. Kamali and Kamali Inc. also admitted they paid a marketing company a cut of the reimbursements in return for recommending that patients order a device from them.
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