CEO SUMMARY: Physicians should consider the precedent established recently when the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan obtained a 72-count indictment against a local dermatologist, including 35 counts of submitting fraudulent claims for lab tests he did not perform, as well as laboratory services he did not render. One legal expert considers this […]
Lab Billing Indictments Underscore Docs’ Risks
Dermatologist’s federal indictment and court trial for fraudulent lab billing is another warning
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XIV No. 12 - August 27, 2007 Issue
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