Medicare Fraud –Troy, Michigan

Mark Mandell, Esq.

Three laboratory companies in Troy, Michigan are merely another example of our Country’s Medicare system being thoroughly abused.

Coventry Diagnostics LLC and Western Slope Laboratory LLC were both owned by an umbrella company Accela Medical LLC. Through an investigation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office found that Accela had billed for over $6 million in Medicare funds, using a specific billing code more than any other provider in the Nation. Accela turned out to be owned by Thomas McCormick of Troy, Michigan, who was using the company as a front to circumvent his previous Medicare fraud related disbarment.

The investigation turned up $900 worth of urine tests (billed for every patient despite the need) and falsified documents to the government about the ownership of all three laboratories. The $6 million will be repaid as U.S. District Judge Stephen J. Murphy III froze assets including $400,000 in cash, transfer of a North Carolina beach home, $500,000 transferred to a shareholder in Singapore and much more.

U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade commented on the issue.

 “This fraud was discovered by analyzing data to flag billing anomalies….Providers should be aware that law enforcement is scrutinizing billing records to identify providers who are stealing from taxpayers."

To learn more and see the original article, please visit:

 http://www.dailytribune.com/article/20120210/NEWS/302109937/troy-labs-to-pay-6m-in-fraud-fines

If you have questions in this area of law, contact Mark Mandell at 248-380-9976.