MICHIGAN
An Ohio man plead guilty for his role in ripping off Medicare of about $6.2 million during the time he was practicing medicine without a licensed at a Detroit-in-home physician services company, federal officials announced today.
Cecil Alexander Kent Jr., 58, of Eastlake, Ohio, pleaded guily Monday in federal court in Michigan to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, two counts of health care fraud five counts of making false statements relating to health care matters.
He will be sentenced on Aug. 16, according to officials.
Authorities said Kent admitted that while he was employed at B&M Visiting Doctors PLC and he saw patients and falsified related patient records, including medical documents and billing documents, all under the name of a licensed medical doctor.
He admitted that among those documents falsified were prescriptions for controlled substances, such as Fentanyl.
He also admitted that he used the name and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration number of a licensed physician. Kent said he submitted claims for patient visits through Medicare through B&M, according to officials.
Charles McRae, 61, an unlicensed physician and part owner of B&M, and Alvin Williams, 65, an unlicensed physician, both of Detroit, were charged in the same indictment as Kent. They plead guilty for their participation in this scheme to defraud.
McRae and Williams will be sentenced in July, officials said.