Podiatrist Arthur C. Haspel, MD, of Boca Raton, Fla., has been sentenced on two counts of filing false Medicare claims and faces 21 months imprisonment, two years of supervised release and $324,491 in restitution, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.
Dr. Haspel was excluded from participation in the Medicare program in 2003 after he was sentence for unlawful distribution of hydrocodone in 2002. Still, he continued to provide services to Medicare patients and billed the program for the services he provided. In his claims, he stated the services were performed by other physicians, who would receive the Medicare payments and kickback a portion to Dr. Haspel.
The investigation began after a whistleblower filed a civil false claims complaint against Dr. Haspel and the other physicians involved in the billing. In the civil case, the physicians through whom Dr. Haspel billed Medicare settled and the United States obtained a consent judgment against Dr. Haspel for double damages, $775,364.
Read the DOJ release on Dr. Arthur Haspel.
Read about other physicians involved in fraud:
- Tennessee Anesthesiologist Dr. Allen Foster Pleads Guilty to Overbilling Medicare
- Maryland Internist Allegedly Bilked More Than $800K From Medicare, Medicaid
Dr. Haspel was excluded from participation in the Medicare program in 2003 after he was sentence for unlawful distribution of hydrocodone in 2002. Still, he continued to provide services to Medicare patients and billed the program for the services he provided. In his claims, he stated the services were performed by other physicians, who would receive the Medicare payments and kickback a portion to Dr. Haspel.
The investigation began after a whistleblower filed a civil false claims complaint against Dr. Haspel and the other physicians involved in the billing. In the civil case, the physicians through whom Dr. Haspel billed Medicare settled and the United States obtained a consent judgment against Dr. Haspel for double damages, $775,364.
Read the DOJ release on Dr. Arthur Haspel.
Read about other physicians involved in fraud:
- Tennessee Anesthesiologist Dr. Allen Foster Pleads Guilty to Overbilling Medicare
- Maryland Internist Allegedly Bilked More Than $800K From Medicare, Medicaid