Ohio imaging provider charged with 25 counts of healthcare fraud

Michael Walter | | Radiology Business | Economics

An imaging provider from North Canton, Ohio, has been indicted for billing Medicare and Medicaid for approximately $2 million in imaging services that never actually occurred.

Thomas G. O’Lear, the president of Portabe Radiology Services, was charged with a total of 25 counts of healthcare fraud and one count of false statements regarding healthcare, according to a report from 19 News out of Cleveland. According to the indictment, the fake imaging services were billed from January 2013 to December 2017.

North Canton man indicted for defrauding Medicare and Medicaid out $2 million

O’Lear forged the signatures of other healthcare professionals to make the services seem legitimate. More than 150 of the services were supposedly provided to patients after they had passed away.

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Michael has more than 18 years of experience as a professional writer and editor. He has written at length about cardiology, radiology, artificial intelligence and other key healthcare topics.

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