{"id":53904,"date":"2023-08-22T13:05:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T20:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=53904"},"modified":"2023-08-22T13:05:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T20:05:25","slug":"georgia-man-sentenced-to-27-years-in-prison-for-defrauding-medicare-out-of-436-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=53904","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Man Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Defrauding Medicare Out of $436 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1057 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0A Georgia man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for his involvement in a plot to defraud Medicare by submitting genetic and other laboratory tests worth over $463 million, officials stated last week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The patients didn&#8217;t have to undergo these tests, which were obtained in exchange for kickbacks and bribes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to court documents, Minal Patel, 44, of Atlanta, owned LabSolutions LLC (LabSolutions), a lab enrolled with Medicare that performed sophisticated genetic tests. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Patel conspired with patient brokers, telemedicine companies, and call centers to target Medicare beneficiaries with telemarketing calls falsely stating that Medicare covered expensive cancer genetic tests. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6328 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Logo-45x35.jpg 45w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Logo.jpg 534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>After the Medicare beneficiaries agreed to take a test, Patel paid kickbacks and bribes to patient brokers to obtain signed doctors\u2019 orders authorizing the tests from telemedicine companies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Patel made patient brokers sign fake contracts to hide kickbacks and bribes, claiming the brokers were providing real advertising services for LabSolutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cIn one of the largest genetic testing fraud cases ever tried to verdict, today\u2019s sentence makes clear that the Department will seek justice for those who put profits above patient care, including owners and executives,\u201d said Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri of the Justice Department\u2019s Criminal Division. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">From July 2016 through August 2019, LabSolutions submitted more than $463 million in claims to Medicare, including for thousands of medically unnecessary genetic tests, of which Medicare paid over $187 million. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In that timeframe, officials stated that Patel privately received over $21 million from Medicare regarding the fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cDeception, kickbacks, and bribes have no place in providing legitimate genetic testing and telemedicine services to patients who need them,\u201d said Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey B. Veltri of the FBI Miami Field Office. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The FBI and HHS-OIG investigated the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Trial Attorneys Jamie de Boer, Emily Gurskis, Reginald Cuyler Jr., Katherine Rookard, and Patrick Queenan of the Criminal Division\u2019s Fraud Section prosecuted the case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0A Georgia man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for his involvement in a plot to defraud Medicare by submitting genetic and other laboratory tests worth over $463 million, 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