According to counsel Alamdar S. Hamdani, an Indian-origin doctor in the US has been fined over$ 2 million for fabricating a surgical procedure. Dr Rajesh Bindal, 53, from Houston, was accused of defrauding Medicare and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program ( FEHBP).
Bindal, who practiced at the Texas Spine &, Neurosurgery Center PA, improperly billed for sophisticated medical procedures to transplant electro-acupuncture products between March 16, 2021, and April 22, 2022, according to the US prosecutor’s office. The doctor claimed Bindal merely taped the products to the ears of the patients, where they frequently fell off within days. In some circumstances, Bindal’s procedures were performed at his clinic by a system sales representative or a physician assistant rather than in a proper medical setting.
According to US lawyer Hamdani,” a doctor like Dr. Bindal is aware of the distinction between actual operation and sticking a device behind someone’s ear.” ” Despite being among the highest-paid experts in medicine, he chose private ambition over dignity and patient treatment”.
” Dr Rajesh Bindal, 53, will pay$ 2, 095, 946 to resolve claims he fraudulently billed for neurostimulator electrode implants”, said the US Attorney’s Office.
The inspector general’s offices in the US, the inspector general’s office in the department of health and human services, and the inspector general’s office in the personnel management office ( OPM-OIG ) conducted the investigation. These organizations stressed the need for transparency in federal care initiatives and safeguarding patients from deceptive practices.
For the protection of public trust and maintaining crucial solutions, Jason E. Meadows, DHHS-OIG special agent in charge, is crucial.
False promises cost our provincial healthcare systems, as well as the patients who rely on these systems for urgent care, according to Derek M. Holt, OPM-OIG special adviser in charge.
