A federal grand jury believes a Lee’s Summit man swindled $174 million from taxpayers by billing Medicare for unnecessary cardiovascular and cancer genetic testing, according to an indictment announced by federal authorities last week. Jamie P. McNamara, 47, operated a series of “sham labs” in Louisiana and Texas, paying bribes to vendors, call centers and telemedicine companies in exchange for referrals to his labs, according to a federal grand jury indictment filed July 14. Once the referrals came in, he submitted claims to Medicare even though they were not medically necessary, the indictment says. Federal agents intend to seize more than $7 million from bank accounts controlled by McNamara, along with luxury cars, a yacht and three houses, according to the indictment. They believe that Medicare reimbursed a laboratory controlled by McNamara more than $55 million. McNamara’s indictment came during the same raid of 35 other defendants across the country by the US Department of Justice’s Fraud Section that accounted for more than $1.2 billion in alleged fraudulent telemedicine scams. , cardiovascular and cancer genetic testing and durable medical equipment schemes. Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division said in a statement that the federal government’s action “demonstrates that the department will do everything in its power to protect systems of care.” healthcare that our communities depend on from people who seek to defraud them for their own personal gain.” McNamara’s first court hearing in the case was scheduled for Friday morning in New Orleans, Louisiana. “Mr. McNamara is innocent and awaiting trial to vindicate his innocence,” said McNamara’s attorney, Randy Chartash.
A federal grand jury believes a Lee’s Summit man swindled $174 million from taxpayers by billing Medicare for unnecessary cardiovascular and cancer genetic testing, according to a accusation announced by federal authorities In the past week.
Jamie P. McNamara, 47, operated a series of “sham labs” in Louisiana and Texas, paying bribes to vendors, call centers and telemedicine companies in exchange for referrals to his labs, according to a federal grand jury indictment filed July 14.
Once the referrals came in, he submitted claims to Medicare even though they were not medically necessary, the indictment says.
Federal agents intend to seize more than $7 million from bank accounts controlled by McNamara, along with luxury cars, a yacht and three houses, according to the indictment. They believe that Medicare reimbursed a laboratory controlled by McNamara more than $55 million.
McNamara’s indictment came during the same raid of 35 other defendants across the country by the US Department of Justice’s Fraud Section that accounted for more than $1.2 billion in alleged fraudulent telemedicine scams. , cardiovascular and cancer genetic testing and durable medical equipment schemes.
Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division said in a statement that the federal government’s action “demonstrates that the department will do everything in its power to protect systems of care.” healthcare that our communities depend on from people who seek to defraud them for their own personal gain.”
McNamara’s first court hearing in the case was scheduled for Friday morning in New Orleans, Louisiana.
“Mr. McNamara is innocent and awaiting trial to vindicate his innocence,” said McNamara’s attorney, Randy Chartash.
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