US adds Indian-origin man to fugitive list over eight billion medicare fraud
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, 46-year-old Khadeer Khan Mohammed allegedly used his Texas-based laboratory to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare, the US government-funded healthcare programme, for more than a year.
PTC News Desk: An Indian-origin laboratory owner has been declared a fugitive in the US over an alleged $93 million Medicare fraud scheme involving genetic testing.
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, 46-year-old Khadeer Khan Mohammed allegedly used his Texas-based laboratory to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare, the US government-funded healthcare programme, for more than a year.
Mohammed owned American Premier Labs LLC in Richardson, Texas. Authorities allege that between August 2023 and October 2024, he directed others to submit Medicare claims for genetic tests that were not eligible for payment, had not been ordered by authorised medical providers or were not actually provided as claimed.
The laboratory allegedly submitted around $93 million in fraudulent Medicare claims, of which Medicare paid at least $65 million.
In one 10-day period in 2023, Medicare reportedly paid about $13 million against claims that were suspected to be fraudulent.
Doctors' details allegedly used without consent
Authorities allege that a major part of the scheme involved using the personal information of other doctors without their knowledge or consent.
Their details were allegedly used to submit claims for genetic tests for Medicare beneficiaries whom those doctors had never treated and with whom they had no doctor-patient relationship.