Federal agents have arrested two physicians and six others who are allegedly involved in a New Orleans fraud ring that allegedly submitted more than $12 million false Medicare and Medicaid claims, according to a news release from the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
Jack Voight, MD, and Jerry Haskin, MD, were two of the eight arrested following a year-long investigation. As part of the alleged fraud ring, the physicians allegedly submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for diagnostic services that were not provided or medically necessary.
The complaint also says the physicians’ clinics were paying kickbacks to recruiters for locating, referring and transporting patients to the clinic so the medical staff could bill Medicare and Medicaid for services not rendered.
Read the FBI release on Dr. Jack Voight and Dr. Jerry Haskin.
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