{"id":60155,"date":"2025-12-18T19:53:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T03:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=60155"},"modified":"2025-12-18T19:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T03:53:20","slug":"l-a-doctor-indicted-in-alleged-45-million-medicare-botox-fraud-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=60155","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Doctor Indicted in Alleged $45 Million Medicare Botox Fraud Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"a276e8d9-53d8-4b2b-9403-c4af4d9ee2a2\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"d59b5c08-a4b3-46f6-b972-edf5d237413b\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2-thinking\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" title=\"\" data-start=\"1107\" data-end=\"1357\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-55537\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/medical_1708146885.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56016 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GAVEL-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GAVEL-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GAVEL-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GAVEL-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GAVEL-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GAVEL-850x850.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GAVEL.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A federal grand jury in California filed a superseding indictment on Wednesday, accusing a Los Angeles County doctor of running an alleged Medicare fraud scheme built around Botox injections \u2014 and then trying to derail the investigation with falsified records, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" title=\"\" data-start=\"1359\" data-end=\"1689\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The indictment charges Violetta Mailyan, 45, who owned and operated Healthy Way Medical Center, with submitting more than $45 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare, according to court documents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" title=\"\" data-start=\"1359\" data-end=\"1689\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Prosecutors say the clinic billed for Botox injections that were medically unnecessary and, in many cases, never provided.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" title=\"\" data-start=\"1691\" data-end=\"2007\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In the filing, prosecutors cite a string of alleged red flags: claims submitted for injection dates when Mailyan was traveling internationally, when the beneficiary who supposedly received the injections was also traveling internationally, when that beneficiary was in federal prison, and when the clinic was closed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" title=\"\" data-start=\"2009\" data-end=\"2275\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Mailyan faces nine counts of wire fraud and three counts of obstructing a criminal investigation of health care offenses. 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