Atlanta doctor indicted for health care fraud
An Atlanta doctor has pleaded not guilty to federal charges he committed health care fraud by submitting false claims to Medicare and Georgia Medicaid from July 2007 to October 2009.
Robert Williams, who was was recently released on $10,000 bond, submitted more than 95,000 claims to Medicare and Medicaid and was reimbursed more than $975,000 for giving group psychological therapy to persons in metro area nursing homes, the state Attorney General's Office said. But in many cases Williams sought payments for beneficiaries who were deceased or hospitalized at the time they allegedly received their therapy, the office said.
The case is being investigated by the Georgia Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and special agents of the FBI.
"Dr. Williams allegedly stole Medicaid funds that were specifically allocated for the care of some of Georgia's most vulnerable citizens: the elderly," state AG Sam Olens said.
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