Mohd Malik, MD, a St. Louis-based psychiatrist who is part owner of Behavioral Health Services, which operated Psych Care Consultants in St. Louis, will pay $501,556 to settle allegations that he submitted false claims to Medicare and Missouri Medicaid from Jan. 1, 2019, to May 31, 2024.
He claimed to provide in-person psychotherapy, including when he was out of state or the country, and billed for services performed by others, according to a July 22 news release from the Justice Department. The civil settlement comprises $250,778 in restitution, doubled under the False Claims Act…