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Doctor sentenced in $3.2 million Pasadena hospice fraud case
Authorities say 69-year-old Dr. Victor Contreras of Santa Paula defrauded Medicare out of more than $3.2 million by submitting false and fraudulent claims for hospice care, stating that patients ...
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California physician sentenced to prison for role in $3.2M fraud scheme
Dr. Victor Contreras, 69, of Santa Paula, Calif., was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to submitting nearly $4 million in fraudulent claims for hospice services from July 2016 to ...
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Southern California doctor sentenced to prison in multimillion-dollar hospice fraud scheme
Dr. Victor Contreras, 69, of Santa Paula was charged with falsifying medical claims for hospice care between July 2016 and February 2019 — billing the federal insurance program nearly $4 million ...
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Southern California doctor sentenced to prison in multimillion-dollar hospice fraud scheme
A Southern California doctor accused of bilking Medicare out of millions by billing for unnecessary hospice services has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison, federal prosecutors said.