U.S. Attorney E. Thomas Johnston announced plea agreements of five healthcare fraud cases.
The article describes the settlements with five providers:
- Dr. William C. Dressler of Martinsburg, WV was charged with upcoding.
- Dr. Sadtha Surattanont of Romney, WV agreed to settle charges of upcoding by paying $195,000 and agreeing to five years of monitoring of his participation in Medicaid and Medicare.
- Dr. Harry D. Price of Martinsburg, WV allegedly filed false claims from 1997 to 2002.
- George M. Kane, 53, of Avonmore, PA, pleaded guilty to embezzling from an account related to West Virginia University Hospitals’ radiology department.
- Robin K. Straight, 46, of Fairmont, WV sentenced Jan. 31 for wrongly billing Medicare for psychiatric counseling services.