Jeffrey Suh, the owner of Plaza Medi Group and New Plaza Group in Flushing, N.Y., has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for his involvement in a Medicare fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice.
Mr. Suh and his co-conspirators allegedly submitted more than $4 million in false claims to Medicare for physical therapy, occupational therapy and chiropractic services that were not medically necessary and were often not provided.
In some cases, Mr. Suh and his co-conspirators allegedly submitted bills to Medicare for services performed on beneficiaries who were not even in the U.S. Mr. Suh also allegedly ushered Medicare beneficiaries to unlicensed massage therapists for massages instead of evaluating and performing therapy services.
"Clinic owner Jeffrey Suh and his licensed medical professionals manipulated elderly Medicare patients by bribing them with services and induced them to receive medically unnecessary treatments and services," said Robert L. Capers, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of N.Y. "By doing so, they defrauded a taxpayer funded program out of millions of dollars."
In addition to his prison sentence, Mr. Suh was ordered to forfeit two properties, valued at more than $1 million.
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