Physician, clinic administrator convicted for Medicare fraud

A jury has convicted a physician and his clinic administrator on 19 counts of healthcare fraud and a charge of conspiracy for billing Medicare $2.1 million for tests that were never performed.

 

Dennis. B. Barson, Jr., DO, and Dario Juarez made the fraudulent billings for 429 patients for urinary, bowel, and sexual dysfunction tests over a two-month period at a Houston medical clinic in 2009.

 

Barson and Juarez will be sentenced on January 30, 2015. Each fraud count and conspiracy charge carries a penalty of up to 10 years in federal prison.

 

Source: Austin American-Statesman