FRAUD
Marek Walczyk, Norridge Psychiatrist, Arrested
Marek Walczyk Press Release Psychiatrist and Counselor Indicted for Falsifying Medical Reports to Help Applicants for U.S. Citizenship Bypass Testing Requirements Thursday, December 3, 2015 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois CHICAGO — A psychiatrist and counselor in a Chicago medical practice were arrested today on charges they falsely diagnosed individuals as disabled in order to help them bypass certain tests for U.S. citizenship. Dr. MAREK WALCZYK and KATARZYNA FERGEMANN fraudulently declared the applicants as suffering from a physical or mental impairment that purportedly rendered them unable to demonstrate the required knowledge of United States history [...]
Vilas Patil, NY Psychiatrist, Penalized $204K
Vilas Patil Press Release Oswego Hospital And Physician Combine To Pay Over $1.5 Million To Resolve Billing Improprieties Self-Disclosed By The Hospital Wednesday, August 12, 2015 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Oswego Hospital (“Oswego”), a 164-bed acute care community hospital located in Oswego, New York will pay $1,456,457.33 to resolve False Claims Act liability stemming from healthcare billing improprieties that the hospital self disclosed to the federal government, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian. Dr. Vilas Patil, a physician formerly working as an independent contractor with Oswego, has paid [...]
Andrew Newton, Harrisburg Psychiatrist, guilty
Andrew Newton The News-Item (Shamokin, Pennsylvania) Mount Carmel psychiatrist pleads guilty to Medicare fraud December 8, 2014 Monday By Rob Wheary -- Excerpt --HARRISBURG -- A Mount Carmel psychiatrist accused of fraudulently billing Medicare for psychotherapy sessions that didn't happen pleaded guilty to the charges in federal court Nov. 25. Dr. Andrew Newton, 42, of Harrisburg, the owner-operator of the Newton Psychiatric Clinic, pleaded guilty to six counts of theft or embezzlement in connection with health care in the Nov. 25 court appearance... Authorities alleged Newton billed Medicare for a face-to-face psychotherapy services with patients in Pennsylvania when Newton was [...]
David Daley, Lehigh County psychiatrist, convicted
David Daley lehighvalleylive.com Former Lehigh County psychiatrist convicted of running pill mill --Excerpt A former Lehigh County psychiatrist faces jail time after a jury found he repeatedly improperly prescribed medications to patients, some of whom are accused of being part of a prescription drug ring. Dr. David Daley's trial began Sept. 16 in Lehigh County Court on charges of helping patients fraudulently obtain prescription drugs and multiple counts of prescribing controlled substances outside of accepted medical principles. Daley formerly practiced at 7729 Main St. in Upper Macungie Township. Jurors began deliberating Thursday and came back Thursday evening with guilty verdicts [...]
Zahid Imran, Louisiana Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Zahid Imran PRESS RELEASE Louisiana Psychiatrist Sentenced to Serve More Than Seven Years in Prison for His Role in $258 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme Monday, August 25, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Office of Public Affairs A Louisiana psychiatrist was sentenced in federal court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, today to serve 86 months in prison for his role in a $258.5 million Medicare fraud scheme involving partial hospitalization psychiatric services. He was further ordered to pay $43.5 million in restitution and to forfeit all proceeds from the fraudulent scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, [...]
Patricia Hough, Florida Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Patricia Hough Press Release Florida Doctor Sentenced for Federal Tax Crimes Friday, May 9, 2014 For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs Doctor Maintained Multiple Offshore Bank Accounts at UBS and Other Foreign Banks That Concealed More Than $60 Million in Income and Assets Dr. Patricia Lynn Hough, of Englewood, Florida, was sentenced today to serve two years in prison and three years supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge John Steele in Fort Myers, Florida, for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by concealing millions of dollars in assets and income in offshore bank accounts at UBS [...]
Mikhail Presman, Brooklyn Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Mikhail Presman PRESS RELEASE Former Veterans Affairs Psychiatrist Sentenced To 18 Months’ Imprisonment For Medicare Fraud Thursday, March 13, 2014 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York Dr. Mikhail Presman Falsely Claimed To Provide At-Home Services While Employed Full-Time At A VA Hospital BROOKLYN, NY – Dr. Mikhail L. Presman, a licensed psychiatrist employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), was sentenced today by Judge I. Leo Glasser in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York, to 18 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release for Medicare fraud. As part of [...]
Richard Sofinowski, Austin psychiatrist, Suspended
Austin American-Statesman Medical board suspends Richard Sofinowski, psychiatrist accused in Austin drug ring --Excerpt A Texas Medical Board panel has suspended the license of Austin psychiatrist Richard Edward Sofinowski who was indicted on drug charges last month, the board announced Monday. The panel took the action Feb. 6 saying that Sofinowski’s medical practice posed a continuing threat to public welfare. In November, he was arrested at his residence by Drug Enforcement Administration agents and the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office after authorities searched his home and discovered 11.5 grams of methamphetamine and several hundred tablets of controlled substances, according to [...]
David Brizer, NY Psych, Sentenced
LOHUD Former Nyack psychiatrist gets probation for selling oxy scripts --Excerpt A psychiatrist once associated with the Nyack Hospital drug-treatment program has been sentenced to probation, community service and fined $5,000 for selling drug prescriptions worth millions of dollars. Dr. David Brizer, 60, received the non-jail sentence Monday on the prosecution by the state Attorney General’s Office, which brought the 55-count indictment. Brizer faced up to one to three years in prison under a plea agreement before Rockland County Court Judge William Nelson at the County Courthouse in New City. Brizer, who was last affiliated with Nyack Hospital in [...]
Amar Nath Bhandary, Edmond psychiatrist, Sentenced
https://www.justice.gov/ Oklahoma City Psychiatrist To Serve 30 Months In Federal Prison And Pay $20,000 Fine For Health Care Fraud Wednesday, October 30, 2013 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma –AMAR NATH BHANDARY, M.D., 53, from Edmond, Oklahoma, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison by United States District Judge Joe Heaton for health care fraud, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. Following his release from prison, Judge Heaton ordered Dr. Bhandary to serve three years supervised release and pay a $20,000 fine. Dr. Bhandary was [...]