The Brief
- An Atlanta-area doctor is accused of submitting more than $4 million in fraudulent claims to Georgia Medicaid over a six-year period.
- Georgia also reached a $375,000 settlement with a psychiatric practice over alleged Medicaid billing issues.
- The cases are part of a nationwide health care fraud crackdown that resulted in charges against 455 people and involved more than $6.5 billion in alleged false claims.
ATLANTA – Georgia officials are highlighting new Medicaid fraud cases tied to a nationwide law enforcement effort that investigators say uncovered billions of dollars in alleged health care fraud across the country.
What we know:
Attorney General Chris Carr on Tuesday announced a federal indictment against an Atlanta physician and a separate civil settlement involving a psychiatric practice, both connected to Georgia’s participation in the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Health Care Fraud Takedown.…