{"id":57855,"date":"2024-10-29T14:51:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T21:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=57855"},"modified":"2024-10-29T14:53:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T21:53:00","slug":"doctor-sentenced-to-10-years-for-54-million-medicare-fraud-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=57855","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Sentenced to 10 Years for $54 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5061 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Department-of-Health-and-Human-Services-Inspector-General.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Department-of-Health-and-Human-Services-Inspector-General.jpg 298w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Department-of-Health-and-Human-Services-Inspector-General-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/>A Texas doctor, Daniel R. Canchola, 54, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years and one month in prison and ordered to pay over $34 million in restitution for defrauding Medicare by prescribing medical equipment and cancer genetic tests without seeing or treating patients, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">From August 2018 to April 2019, Canchola agreed to sign orders for durable medical equipment (DME) and cancer genetic testing in exchange for $30 per order, knowing they would be used to submit false Medicare claims, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">These unnecessary or unused orders earned him more than $466,000 in kickbacks and led to over $54 million in false Medicare claims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Telemarketers and health fairs targeted Medicare beneficiaries, persuading them to undergo tests and receive equipment regardless of medical need. 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