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New Details: Nassau Doctor Admits To Million-Dollar Medicare Scheme New Details: Nassau Doctor Admits To Million-Dollar Medicare Scheme
New Details: Nassau Doctor Admits To Million-Dollar Medicare Scheme A doctor on Long Island admitted to scheming to bilk Medicare out of more than a million dollars as part of an elaborate fraud scheme, federal authorities announced. Morris Barnard, age 58, of Great Neck, pleaded guilty on Monday, March 7 to health care fraud in connection with the scam to bill Medicare for medical procedures that were never actually performed. US Attorney Breon Peace said that beginning in October 2015 through February 2020, Barnard submitted more than $3 million in billings to Medicare for colonoscopy and gastroenterological procedures that were never done.  Earli…

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Long Island Doctor Ordered To Pay $869K In Restitution In Fraud Case Long Island Doctor Ordered To Pay $869K In Restitution In Fraud Case
Long Island Doctor Ordered To Pay $869K In Restitution In Fraud Case A Long Island podiatrist will spend time behind bars and has been ordered to pay out more than a million dollars after pleading guilty to a health care fraud scheme. Hal Abrahamson, 57, of Melville, a podiatrist with offices in Plainview and Queens, has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for his role in a health care fraud scheme. Abrahamson was also ordered to pay $869,652 in restitution, a $50,000 fine and will forfeit $177,000. Abrahamson pleaded guilty on June 26 last year to one count of health care fraud in connection to a scheme he operated out of his practices. U.S. …

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