A Filipino American doctor from Queens, New York is facing charges for allegedly pocketing cash kickbacks and unnecessary Medicare claims amounting to $20.7 million.
According to the federal grand jury in New Jersey, Dr. Alexander Baldonado, 68, engaged in a health care fraud and illegal kickback scheme that involved the submission of false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for laboratory tests, including cancer genetic tests.
The Fil-Am doctor’s scheme unveiled
Baldonado also allegedly received kickbacks from laboratory representatives in exchange for the approval of unnecessary medical exams.
“As part of the scheme, Baldonado also allegedly participated in COVID-19 testing events, where he authorized not only COVID-19 tests but also expensive and medically unnecessary cancer genetic tests that patients did not request,” the indictment states.
Source: Fil-Am doctor in NY charged for $20.7M alleged health care fraud / Inquirer.net