A California healthcare provider has been indicted for allegedly submitting false claims to the state’s Medicaid program for services that were never rendered. According to the California Department of Justice and the Department of Health Care Services, the provider systematically billed Medi?Cal for patient visits, diagnostic tests, and treatments that either did not occur or […]
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