PHOENIX — A Phoenix-area cardiology office and three of its physicians have agreed to pay $4.75 million to settle allegations they performed medically unnecessary vein ablations and falsified records to justify the procedures, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
Tri-City Cardiology, along with Drs. Jaskamal Kahlon, Joshua D. Cohen and Marc J. Berkowitz, was accused of violating the False Claims Act by billing Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE and the Department of Veterans Affairs for the procedures from January 2017 to April 2022.
Tri-City Cardiology, which has offices in Chandler, Mesa and Gilbert, did not admit liability as part of this settlement. It denies the allegations…