Michigan Doctor Admits to $2.56 Million in Medicare Fraud

May 20, 2019, 6:19 PM UTC

A Michigan doctor admitted to billing Medicare for patients he didn’t even see—including one who was dead—as part of a $2.56 million Medicare fraud scheme.

On May 20, Thomas Mays pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health-care fraud in connection with a six-year home health recruitment scheme that allegedly bribed patients with drugs in order to sign them up for unnecessary home health services. Mays, who lives in a suburb of Detroit, faces up to 10 years in prison.

From 2012 to 2016 Mays coordinated with a recruiter to sign up Medicare beneficiaries for himself and for ...

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