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9 Doctors Indicted for Billing Fraud |
Santa Ana federal grand jury indicted nine doctors
and nine others Wednesday on charges of performing unnecessary treatments on
mentally ill and elderly adults, and for fraudulently billing Medicare for
more than $12 million.
According to the indictment, from 2001 to 2004 the doctors
allegedly paid recruiters to find patients for respiratory
therapy, regardless of their need for treatment. The
recruiters would target boarding facilities for the elderly and physically
or mentally disabled, including Royal Healthcare, a 66-bed facility in
Anaheim.
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