tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 35

Physician Note: Kentucky Physician Pays Over $300,000 to Settle Double-Billing Allegations

Plus: It's up to you to find out if your employees are excluded from Medicare.A Kentucky doctor may have shared vials of infusion drugs between patients, but he didn't share the savings with Medicare, the Department of Justice alleges.The physician, who owned a Bone and Joint practice, agreed to pay $349,860 to settle overbilling allegations this week after a former employee alleged that he split vials of rheumatoid arthritis drug Infliximab across multiple patients, but billed Medicare as if he used a whole vial for each patient.The physician must also pay attorney fees and expenses...

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