June 16, 2020

A doctor in Mississippi has been sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $5 million in restitution and judgment for committing healthcare fraud against multiple insurers, including TRICARE.  In exchange for a 35% cut of reimbursements, Dr. Shahjahan Sultan had agreed to enter into a contract with a local pharmacy to prescribe expensive compound medications to insured patients, which he did without regard to medical necessity, and which resulted in over $8 million in losses to insurers.  USAO SDMS

Tagged in: Compounding Pharmacy Fraud, Healthcare Fraud, Lack of Medical Necessity, Other Government Health Programs,