August 4, 2022

Eastern Iowa Dermatology, PLC and Dr. Manish Kumar will pay $1.66 million for violating the False Claims Act. Defendants submitted up-coded claims to Medicare for office visits and destruction or removal of skin tags and lesions, the sole purpose of which is to increase Medicare’s reimbursement rate. In addition to the monetary penalty, they agreed to an Integrity Agreement and are subject to ongoing monitoring by the US DHHS. USAO SDIA

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