Doctor convicted of $6.3m medicare fraud scheme
Published: May 15, 2024
Last Friday, a federal jury convicted a Michigan doctor for causing the
submission of over $6.3 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare for
medically unnecessary orthotic braces ordered through a telemarketing
scheme.
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