tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 13

ENFORCEMENT: Transport Owner Sidelined 7 Years

Getaway effort by provider no match for law's long arm.Providers caught in the crosshairs of a fraud investigation may face unusually harsh sentencing if they fail to comply with legal requests. Case in point: Genady Chulak of Toronto, Canada, who was the former owner of a Middlesex County, NJ-based invalid coach transportation company, was convicted in 2000 of defrauding more than $472,000 from Medicaid. Chulak failed to appear in court for sentencing and remained a fugitive for four years, New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey said March 4.When he attempted to enter the United...

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