From around June 2013 to December 2019, internist Vishnudat Seodat, MD, conspired with others to order hundreds of medically unnecessary transcranial doppler scans in exchange for kickbacks, the Justice Department said in a Dec. 12 news release.
Dr. Seodat and his co-conspirators also allegedly used false diagnoses to order the unnecessary brain scans, and Dr. Seodat paid cash kickbacks of approximately $100 per test.
The scheme resulted in $1 million in fraudulent bills to Medicare and private insurance companies.
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