Frederick Gooding, Medicare Fraud, District of Columbia 2018
A District of Columbia physician has been charged in an alleged $12.7 million health care fraud scheme to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare for complicated medical procedures he never provided.
Frederick Gooding, 68, of Wilmington, Delaware, was charged in an indictment filed on July 30 in the District of Columbia with 11 counts of health care fraud.
The indictment alleges that from January 2015 to August 2018, Gooding participated in a health care fraud scheme in which he submitted Medicare claims for injections and aspirations that were not medically necessary, not provided or both.
Gooding allegedly knew that he was not providing such injections, as required by Medicare, and to disguise his scheme, Gooding allegedly falsified medical documents to make it appear as if his purported medical services billed to Medicare were medically necessary and provided.
Gooding submitted or caused the submission of more than $12.7 million in claims to Medicare, the indictment alleges.
A physician with a practice in the District of Columbia was charged in an indictment unsealed today for his role in an alleged $12.7 million health care fraud scheme to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare for complicated medical procedures he never provided.
This case was investigated by the FBI, HHS-OIG and the D.C. Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Trial Attorney Scott Armstrong of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section is prosecuting the case.
Key Facts
- State: District of Columbia
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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