June 18, 2015
Posted January 25, 2016
Edward Berman, a physician with a practice in Ridgefield, Connecticut, agreed to pay $218,633 to resolve allegations he violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare for skilled nursing facility services that were not performed in accordance with Medicare requirements. Specifically, the government alleges that Berman “upcoded” certain services, submitting claims to Medicare by using a higher-paying billing code when services with lower-paying billing codes were actually provided. DOJ
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