Between Jan. 1, 2015, and Jan. 31, 2021, the health system and cardiothoracic surgeon Charles Carmeci, MD, allegedly knowingly submitted claims for surgeries that did not meet reimbursement criteria to Medicare, Medicaid and Tricare, according to a Jan. 16 news release from the Justice Department.
The procedures included decortications, PleurX catheter placements, pericardiectomies, mediastinal mass resections, patent foramen ovale, atrial septal defect closures and Bentall procedures.
