“Local Dermatologist, Cordova-based Medical Practice to Pay $450,000 for Overbilling Medicare

Memphis, TN – A doctor and his Cordova-based medical practice will pay $450,000 to the government to resolve allegations that it billed Medicare for unnecessary dermatological surgical procedures and office visits. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the settlement today.

Under federal law, Medicare reimburses medical providers only for procedures that are medically necessary. The United States contends that from 2008 to 2011, Dr. George R. Woodbury and his medical practice, Rheumatology & Dermatology Associates, P.C., billed Medicare for multiple medically unnecessary procedures. Specifically, the complaint alleged that Woodbury billed for tissue rearrangement surgeries; excisions which were larger than actually performed; benign excisions as malignant; overstated repair or closure sizes; and for unnecessary office visits.”

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http://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtn/pr/local-dermatologist-cordova-based-medical-practice-pay-450000-overbilling-medicare