Federal prosecutors are seeking as many as five years in prison for a Detroit-based family practitioner who worked at a phony clinic in Canton, Mich., according to a Chicago Tribune news report.
Alan Silber, MD, was accused of billing Medicare for unnecessary treatments or treatments that were never rendered. Dr. Silber also allegedly offered his Medicare number to clinic owners Jose and Denisse Martinez so they could enroll the facility in the federal healthcare program, according to the report.
Medicare paid the clinic approximately $650,000 over a four-month span. The clinic has also been accused of recruiting Medicare beneficiaries to the clinic with $50 payments, according to the report.
Dr. Silber is due in federal court today.
Read the Chicago Tribune news report about Dr. Alan Silber's Medicare fraud.
Read other coverage about physician fraud:
- Los Angeles Physicians Charged for Roles in $5M Medicare Scam
- Kentucky Podiatrist Accused of 23 Counts of Medicaid Fraud
- Iowa Surgeon to Serve 6 Months in Prison for Fraudulent Claims
Alan Silber, MD, was accused of billing Medicare for unnecessary treatments or treatments that were never rendered. Dr. Silber also allegedly offered his Medicare number to clinic owners Jose and Denisse Martinez so they could enroll the facility in the federal healthcare program, according to the report.
Medicare paid the clinic approximately $650,000 over a four-month span. The clinic has also been accused of recruiting Medicare beneficiaries to the clinic with $50 payments, according to the report.
Dr. Silber is due in federal court today.
Read the Chicago Tribune news report about Dr. Alan Silber's Medicare fraud.
Read other coverage about physician fraud:
- Los Angeles Physicians Charged for Roles in $5M Medicare Scam
- Kentucky Podiatrist Accused of 23 Counts of Medicaid Fraud
- Iowa Surgeon to Serve 6 Months in Prison for Fraudulent Claims