BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
A federal judge sentenced a doctor to two years in prison for his role in a $13 million health care fraud scheme, according to officials.
Okon Umana, 68, of West Haven, Connecticut, plead guilty on Dec. 1, 2014, to conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
U.S. District Judge John Gleeson, of New York, also ordered Umana to pay $6.4 million in restitution and to forfeit $6.5 million.
Between November 2009 and October 2012, authorities said Cropsey submitted more than $13 million in claims to Medicare and Medicaid for a wide variety of fraudulent medical services and procedures, including physician office visits, physical therapy and diagnostic tests.
Medicare and Medicaid reimbursed Cropsey more than $6 million for the claimed services and procedures.
Eight other individuals charged in connection with the scheme previously pleaded guilty. So far,, one other individual has been sentenced.
From 2009 to 2012, Umana was the medical director of Cropsey Medical Care PLLC., a health care clinic.
In connection with his guilty plea, officials said Umana admitted that many of Cropsey’s medical services were provided by a physician’s assistant who was acting without supervision by a medical doctor, and that Cropsey nevertheless billed Medicare and Medicaid for the services using Umana’s provider number.