U.S. attorney Joseph Kelly and Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson sentenced Omaha, Neb.-based dentistry Gregory Garro, DDS, to 10 months in prison for healthcare fraud, according to 1011 Now.
Here are five notes:
1. Between February 2013 and January 2016, Dr. Garro submitted 129 false claims for procedures he never performed. He also submitted false claims in Iowa.
2. Dr. Garro must pay the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services Medicaid division $82,544 in restitution. He also owes the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals $4,738.
3. The dentist was first charged with 24 counts of healthcare fraud. He pled guilty to one count earlier in March.
4. It was recommended Dr. Garro spend five months in a residential re-entry center and five months under home confinement with two years of supervised release.
5. Dr. Garro paid $30,000 to settle the claims he submitted incorrect billing to the state's Medicaid program in 2010. This was part of a civil action of violating the Nebraska False Medicaid Claims Act.
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Here are five notes:
1. Between February 2013 and January 2016, Dr. Garro submitted 129 false claims for procedures he never performed. He also submitted false claims in Iowa.
2. Dr. Garro must pay the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services Medicaid division $82,544 in restitution. He also owes the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals $4,738.
3. The dentist was first charged with 24 counts of healthcare fraud. He pled guilty to one count earlier in March.
4. It was recommended Dr. Garro spend five months in a residential re-entry center and five months under home confinement with two years of supervised release.
5. Dr. Garro paid $30,000 to settle the claims he submitted incorrect billing to the state's Medicaid program in 2010. This was part of a civil action of violating the Nebraska False Medicaid Claims Act.
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