Whitefish Doctor Sentenced For Defrauding Medicare And Other Federal Health Programs

Whitefish Doctor Sentenced For Defrauding Medicare And Other Federal Health Programs

Investigation part of national health care fraud action that resulted in 193 defendants charged and more than $2.75 billion in false claims

MISSOULA - A Whitefish doctor who admitted defrauding Medicare and other federal government health programs through a telemedicine conspiracy that resulted in more than $31 million in false billing was sentenced today to six months in prison, to be followed by six months of home confinement, fined $100,000 and ordered to pay $780,509 restitution, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

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