A Louisiana man was charged with seven counts of healthcare fraud related to a scheme to falsely bill commercial and government insurers, the U.S. Justice Department said April 13.
Prosecutors said 60-year-old Bret Berry of Mandeville, La., tried to provide cardiac rehabilitation services for patients that required a physician order when he didn't have one and attempted to provide services that required a physician's presence when no physician was there.
According to the indictment, Mr. Berry and the companies he owned billed health insurers for fraudulent medical services totaling about $11.3 million. Mr. Berry and his companies were reimbursed about $859,000 for the fraudulent claims.
Mr. Berry faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for each healthcare fraud charge. He also was charged with two counts of aggravated identity theft, but the Justice Department didn't release details about those charges.