A physician from Jacksonville, Fla., has been sentenced to 28 months in prison and $475,000 in fines for concealing information in medical records to obtain Medicare and Medicaid payments, according to an ENC Today report.
Along with 28 months imprisonment, Janet Johnson-Hunter, MD, also faces three years of supervised release. She will pay a fine of $10,000 and restitution of $428,924 to Medicare and $46,165 to Medicaid.
In December, Dr. Johnson-Hunter pleaded guilty to conspiring to conceal material facts in connection with the delivery of and payment for healthcare services. From Jan. 2002-Aug. 2005, Dr. Johnson-Hunter instructed the employees of her private ambulance service to rewrite the medical records for patients who could sit upright, stand or walk. In most instances, if a beneficiary can sit upright, stand or walk, Medicare and Medicaid will not pay for transportation via ambulance.
Read the ENC Today report on Dr. Janet Johnson-Hunter.
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Along with 28 months imprisonment, Janet Johnson-Hunter, MD, also faces three years of supervised release. She will pay a fine of $10,000 and restitution of $428,924 to Medicare and $46,165 to Medicaid.
In December, Dr. Johnson-Hunter pleaded guilty to conspiring to conceal material facts in connection with the delivery of and payment for healthcare services. From Jan. 2002-Aug. 2005, Dr. Johnson-Hunter instructed the employees of her private ambulance service to rewrite the medical records for patients who could sit upright, stand or walk. In most instances, if a beneficiary can sit upright, stand or walk, Medicare and Medicaid will not pay for transportation via ambulance.
Read the ENC Today report on Dr. Janet Johnson-Hunter.
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