tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2010 Issue 9

Industry News: DOJ Targets Doctor For Medically Substandard Services

One patient dead and others seriously injured at Georgia hospital. Yet another case has come to light that highlights the close link between compliance and quality of care. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has alleged in a false claims lawsuit that Satilla Regional Medical Center in Waycross, Ga., and surgeon Najam Azmat, M.D., billed Medicare and Medicaid for services which he was not only not competent enough to perform, but services which were unnecessary. These services, the feds allege, have resulted in one dead and many others injured. The fight is not over yet though. In a post...

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