Alan Gumer, MD, a psychiatrist from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has pleaded guilty to his role in a $200 million Medicare fraud scheme dating back to 2004, according to a Miami Herald news report.
According to the news report, Dr. Gumer had falsified medical evaluations so that patients could quality for group therapy sessions reimbursed by Medicare. Dr. Gumer also pled guilty to unnecessarily prescribing medication to patients who did not need them to make it appear as though they qualified for psychiatric treatment.
Miami-based American Therapeutic Corp. would then bill Medicare for the unnecessary psychiatric services and proceed to allocate kickbacks to patients who faked the psychiatric conditions, according to the news report. Through his involvement in the Medicare scheme with American Therapeutic, Dr. Gumer alone was responsible for $19.3 million in Medicare false claims.
Read the news report about Alan Gumer.
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According to the news report, Dr. Gumer had falsified medical evaluations so that patients could quality for group therapy sessions reimbursed by Medicare. Dr. Gumer also pled guilty to unnecessarily prescribing medication to patients who did not need them to make it appear as though they qualified for psychiatric treatment.
Miami-based American Therapeutic Corp. would then bill Medicare for the unnecessary psychiatric services and proceed to allocate kickbacks to patients who faked the psychiatric conditions, according to the news report. Through his involvement in the Medicare scheme with American Therapeutic, Dr. Gumer alone was responsible for $19.3 million in Medicare false claims.
Read the news report about Alan Gumer.
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