A New Jersey dentist has been fined $1.1 million by the federal government for assuming the identity of a dead colleague and submitting fraudulent Medicaid bills after losing his license.
NJ.com reports that 58-year-old Roben Brookhim also accepted a 50-year exclusion from participating in any federal health care programs for masterminding the long billing scheme. Brookhim started billing the government under the name of deceased dentist John Kirkland Jr. after his own license was revoked in 2004.
He was convicted of falsifying health care records and spent nine months in prison in 2014.
Brookhim's exclusion was one of the longest ever imposed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Free money it is... Just a thought.
Brookhim's exclusion was one of the longest ever imposed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Free money it is... Just a thought.
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