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NJ: Passaic Man Collects $60,000 Of Insurance On Bogus Heart Attack, Stroke, Parkinson's Claims NJ: Passaic Man Collects $60,000 Of Insurance On Bogus Heart Attack, Stroke, Parkinson's Claims
NJ: Passaic Man Collects $60,000 Of Insurance On Bogus Heart Attack, Stroke, Parkinson's Claims A heart attack, a stroke, Parkinson’s disease and coronary artery disease: Todd Eckel of Passaic County claimed he had them all – and collected $60,000 in insurance payouts for the bogus ailments, said authorities who charged him with fraud. Eckel, 47, of Pompton Lakes, “submitted forged documents showing medical treatments for illnesses he did not have” between February 2016 and November 2017, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. American Heritage Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Allstate, paid Eckel $20,000 for each of three claims before getting wise, an indictment return…

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New Charges Brought Against Paramus Neurologist In Massive Kickback Scheme New Charges Brought Against Paramus Neurologist In Massive Kickback Scheme
New Charges Brought Against Paramus Neurologist In Massive Kickback Scheme Additional charges have been brought against an Upper Saddle River neurologist with an office in Paramus who was snagged in a statewide kickback crackdown, authorities said. Terry Ramnanan, 65, who operates the Interventional Spine and Pain Treatment Center, "used his medical facility to fraudulently bill insurance carriers for more than 637 medical procedures totaling $682,000 related to patients involved in the kickback scheme," an indictment returned by a state grand jury in Trenton alleges. Ramnanan is among dozens of health care practitioners charged in connection with an ong…

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Clifton Medical Supplier Who Billed Medicaid For Dead Patients Gets 4 Years Clifton Medical Supplier Who Billed Medicaid For Dead Patients Gets 4 Years
Clifton Medical Supplier Who Billed Medicaid For Dead Patients Gets 4 Years CLIFTON, N.J. — A medical equipment supply store owner from Clifton was sentenced Thursday to four years in state prison for billing Medicaid more than $100,000 for medical supplies for dead people. Alfredo Valdes, Jr., 43, admitted in August that he submitted the bogus claims to Horizon NJ Health, a provider of Medicaid services in the state, through his T-N-T medical supplies company in the Hudson County city of West New York from January 2008 to March 2016. The durable medical equipment – including compression stockings, diapers and other items – were reimbursed in the name of patients w…

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