04/29/2023    

PODIATRISTS AND THE LAW

NJ Doctor Pleads Guilty to Bilking Amtrak Out of $1.4M

 

A New Jersey doctor pleaded guilty to defrauding Amtrak of almost $1.4 million by submitting bills for procedures that were never provided or were medically unnecessary, prosecutors said. Dr. Muhammad Mirza and a group of conspirators charged Amtrak's health plan for the bogus treatments by recruiting employees of the rail service and paying them to use their patient and insurance information to submit fraudulent claims. In court documents, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Mirza conspired with podiatrist Michael Denicola and others to bribe Amtrak employees to use their information to submit false claims.

 

Source: Scott Fallon, The Bergen Record [4/27/23]