Atlanta physician Robert E. Windsor, 55, of Cumming, Georgia, has been sentenced to three years and two months in federal prison for running a $1.1 million health care fraud scheme that put vulnerable surgery patients at risk. Windsor billed insurers for neurological monitoring services during surgeries—services he never performed—while letting an unqualified medical assistant use his login credentials to impersonate him in real time.
Between January 2010 and July 2013, Windsor systematically defrauded health care programs by submitting false monitoring reports, claiming he observed high-risk operations when he was often nowhere near the hospital. On multiple occasions, he charged for surgeries while traveling internationally, according to court records. The monitoring—critical for protecting nerve and spinal cord function during delicate procedures—was instead handled by a non-physician who lacked the training and legal authority to perform it.
Windsor operated under a contract with American Neuromonitoring Associates, P.C. (ANA), a Maryland-based firm that billed patients and insurers for intra-operative monitoring services. For each procedure, ANA paid Windsor a fee based on his supposed oversight. Over three years, he collected more than $1.1 million in payments for work he did not do, laundering false data through ANA’s billing system and endangering countless patients mid-surgery.
U.S. Attorney John A. Horn didn’t mince words: “Windsor violated that basic trust and placed numerous surgery patients at risk at a time when they were most vulnerable and in need of care.” The deception, Horn said, wasn’t just financial—it was a betrayal of the doctor-patient bond, with real consequences for those lying unconscious on operating tables.
The FBI, HHS Office of Inspector General, and Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) joined forces to expose the fraud. Investigators combed through Medicare billing records and followed up on tips from the HHS-OIG Hotline at 800-HHS-TIPS. “His arrogance in billing for fraudulent services performed by an unqualified employee on patients undergoing surgery is truly shocking,” said HHS-OIG Special Agent in Charge Derrick L. Jackson.
U.S. District Court Judge Amy Totenberg handed down the sentence, signaling zero tolerance for medical professionals who exploit the health care system for profit. The case underscores how deeply some providers will cut corners—trading patient safety for personal gain—and the federal machinery determined to bring them down.
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Key Facts
- State: Georgia
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: Official Source ↗
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