Tag Archives: Health-Care Fraud in Michigan

MI Fraud Charges – Michigan Medical Assistant to Serve 46 Months For Medicare Fraud Scheme

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A Michigan medical assistant was recently sentenced to serve 46 months behind bars and pay $2.8 million in restitution after scamming Medicare out of millions in false home health services claims.

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MI Fraud Charges – Federal Appeals Court Overturns Health-Care Fraud Sentence on Michigan Doctor

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The U.S. Court of Appeals overturned the sentence of a Michigan dermatologist convicted of 31 counts of health-care fraud. The three-judge panel affirmed the conviction, but found that the lower court misapplied the “vulnerable-victim” statute, ultimately giving the defendant a longer jail sentence then appropriate.

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