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The doctor of Indian origin Neil K Anand has been convicted by a federal jury in the United States for committing health fraud worth USD 2.3 million.
Dr. Neil K. Anand conspired to distribute oxycodone outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose. (PTI image for representation)
A doctor of Indian origin has been convicted of a participation of the Federal Jury of the United States in multiple medical care fraud by giving unnecessary prescription mediations to patients and illegally distributing controlled substances.
The accused doctor, identified as Neil K Anand, 48, of Bensalem, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in a health fraud of $ 2.3 million and faces up to 130 years in jail. Anand was convicted of conspiring to present fraud claims to Medicare, the United States Personnel Management Office (OPM), Independence Blue Cross (IBC) and Anthem, the PTI news agency reported.
The statements involved ‘gift bags’ packed medically unnecessary mediations that were dispensed to patients by internal pharmacies owned by Anand. The total cost of Goody exceeded $ 2.3 million and was supported by Medicare, OPM, IBC and Anthem.
According to the evidence, Anand and his co-conspirators required that the patients take the Goody bags, which they did not need or wanted, to receive recipes from controlled substances.
Without a legitimate medical purpose, Anand also conspired to distribute oxycodone outside the usual course of professional practice. Oxicodone is a highly addictive opioid analgesic and one of the substances behind aggravating drug addiction in the United States.
To promote the conspiracy, the medical interns without a license wrote prescriptions for controlled substances using blank recipes that were signed by Anand. As part of the scheme, Anand prescribed a total of 20,850 oxycodone tablets to nine patients.
After learning that he was under investigation, Anand hid the fraud processes by transferring approximately $ 1.2 million to an account in the name of his father and for the benefit of his youngest daughter.
Anand was convicted of conspiracy to commit fraud of medical care and fraud to the cable; Three positions of medical care fraud; A money laundering charge; Four charges of illegal monetary transactions; and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
It is scheduled to be sentenced on August 19 and faces a maximum legal fine of 130 years in prison. A judge of the Federal District Court will determine any judgment after considering the US judgment guidelines and other legal factors.
(With PTI inputs)
- Location:
New York, United States of America (USA)