Two doctors from the St. Louis area have been sentenced in the past month for federal health care crimes in two separate cases.
Prosecutors with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said Dr. Asim Muhammad Ali, 54, admitted in 2024 to providing health care services to Medicaid patients of Psych Care Consultants, LLC, which is owned and controlled by psychiatrist Dr. Mohd Azfar Malik, 71.
Ali stated that he used Malik’s identity and Medicare billing number for these visits, which were intended to involve a cognitive function exam, but that he did not see these patients in person but rather called and asked them a series of questions…