Kamal Tiwari, MD, an anesthesiologist practicing in Bloomington, Ind., at The Pain Management & Surgery Center of Southern Indiana, has been charged with healthcare fraud, healthcare fraud resulting in serious bodily injury and 11 counts of unlawful drug distribution, according to U.S. Attorney Timothy M. Morrison of Southern District of Indiana.
The indictment alleges Dr. Tiwari:
Dr. Tiwari faces a maximum sentence of 10 years imprisonment, a fine of $250,000 and supervised release of three years on the healthcare fraud count; a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment, a fine of $250,000 and supervised release of five years on the healthcare fraud resulting in serious bodily injury count; and a maximum of 20 years imprisonment, a fine of $1,000,000 and supervised release of up to five years on each of
the drug distribution counts.
In addition to doing business as The Pain Management & Surgery Center of Southern Indiana, Dr. Tiwari also does business as The Pain Management Center of Southern Indiana, P.C., and Southern Indiana Anesthesiology, Inc., P.C., formerly known as Kamal Tiwari, Inc., P.C.
Read more about the indictment of Dr. Kamal Tiwari (pdf).
Read about other recent healthcare fraud cases:
- Michigan Physical Therapist Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Medicare Fraud
- Louisiana Orthopedic Surgeon Sentenced for Healthcare Fraud
- Texas Podiatrist Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Medicare, Medicaid Fraud
The indictment alleges Dr. Tiwari:
- required patients to undergo medically unnecessary injection procedures so they could receive narcotic controlled substance prescriptions;
- that the injection procedures were performed in a frequency and pattern not medically necessary and outside the bounds of medical practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose;
- that Dr. Tiwari prescribed controlled substances as part of a scheme to defraud healthcare benefit programs by providing drug-dependent patients with controlled substances to encourage patients to submit to unwanted and unnecessary injection procedures and other services;
- and that he caused patients to become dependent on medically unnecessary procedures.
Dr. Tiwari faces a maximum sentence of 10 years imprisonment, a fine of $250,000 and supervised release of three years on the healthcare fraud count; a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment, a fine of $250,000 and supervised release of five years on the healthcare fraud resulting in serious bodily injury count; and a maximum of 20 years imprisonment, a fine of $1,000,000 and supervised release of up to five years on each of
the drug distribution counts.
In addition to doing business as The Pain Management & Surgery Center of Southern Indiana, Dr. Tiwari also does business as The Pain Management Center of Southern Indiana, P.C., and Southern Indiana Anesthesiology, Inc., P.C., formerly known as Kamal Tiwari, Inc., P.C.
Read more about the indictment of Dr. Kamal Tiwari (pdf).
Read about other recent healthcare fraud cases:
- Michigan Physical Therapist Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Medicare Fraud
- Louisiana Orthopedic Surgeon Sentenced for Healthcare Fraud
- Texas Podiatrist Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Medicare, Medicaid Fraud