An Anchorage doctor has been sentenced in federal court for her role in a multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme.
According to the Department of Justice, Dr. Claribel Tan, 61, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison and three years of supervised release for executing a 15-year scheme that defrauded insurance companies out of more than $12.5 million and evaded over $4 million in taxes. Her husband, Daniel Tan, 70, who helped run the clinic, was sentenced to three years probation, including two years of home confinement.
Court documents show the Tans operated a rheumatology clinic in Anchorage from 2005 to 2024. Claribel Tan administered injectable medications for chronic conditions like rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis. Investigators say the couple routinely injected patients with free samples, expired medications, or the wrong drugs, while billing insurance companies for medications they had not purchased…