Trudy Maurer, CEO of the Spine Network of California, is facing criminal charges filed by the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office, which claims she drastically overbilled taxpayers for the cost of government employees' spinal implants, according to a Mercury News report.
The San Francisco-based Spine Network of California operates out of the same office as Implantium, the billing company for spinal surgeries that Ms. Maurer also heads. Implantium buys implant devices from manufacturers and supplies them to hospitals, which then implant them in injured workers.
A law allows companies like Implantium to profit up to $250 for each device, but Ms. Maurer is accused of altering invoices for the implants by up to tens of thousands of dollars. The altered invoices date back to 2008, according to the report.
Ms. Mauer and Tigran Shahsuvarya, the chief medical director of Implantium, both face nine felony counts of fraud.
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The San Francisco-based Spine Network of California operates out of the same office as Implantium, the billing company for spinal surgeries that Ms. Maurer also heads. Implantium buys implant devices from manufacturers and supplies them to hospitals, which then implant them in injured workers.
A law allows companies like Implantium to profit up to $250 for each device, but Ms. Maurer is accused of altering invoices for the implants by up to tens of thousands of dollars. The altered invoices date back to 2008, according to the report.
Ms. Mauer and Tigran Shahsuvarya, the chief medical director of Implantium, both face nine felony counts of fraud.
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