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Michigan doctor in custody on health care fraud charges, feds raid his home
Fed search Farid Fata's Oakland Township home, also medical facilities he's associated with
Author: Halston Herrera, Senior News Editor for ClickOnDetroit.com, hherrera@wdiv.com
Published On: Aug 06 2013 11:19:31 AM EDT Updated On: Aug 06 2013 01:07:54 PM EDT
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. -
A Michigan doctor is accused of deliberately misdiagnosing patients with cancer and other conditions in order to commit health care fraud.
According to the criminal complaint against 48-year-old Farid Fata, the oncologist would give cancer drugs to patients unnecessarily or in inappropriate dosages.
He was arrested Tuesday in the alleged $35 million Medicare fraud scheme...
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...home/-/1719418/21350230/-/8il2j8/-/index.html
Oakland Township oncologist faces charges in alleged $35 million Medicare fraud scheme
Published: Tuesday, August 06, 2013
By DAVE PHILLIPS
dave.phillips@oakpress.com; @dave_phillips1
A doctor from Oakland Township has been arrested and charged for his alleged role in a $35 million Medicare fraud scheme, officials announced Tuesday.
Dr. Farid Fata, 48, is accused of submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare, as well as falsifying documents and directing others to do the same. In one instance, he is accused of forcing a patient who fell and hit his head to undergo chemotherapy before receiving medical treatment for the head injury. The patient later died from the head injury.
Fata owns and operates Michigan Hematology Oncology Centers (MHO), which billed Medicare for approximately $35 million over a two-year period, according to a release from the office of U.S. District Attorney Barbara McQuade...
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2013/08/06/news/local_news/doc520121416899e690241938.txt
Fed search Farid Fata's Oakland Township home, also medical facilities he's associated with
Author: Halston Herrera, Senior News Editor for ClickOnDetroit.com, hherrera@wdiv.com
Published On: Aug 06 2013 11:19:31 AM EDT Updated On: Aug 06 2013 01:07:54 PM EDT
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. -
A Michigan doctor is accused of deliberately misdiagnosing patients with cancer and other conditions in order to commit health care fraud.
According to the criminal complaint against 48-year-old Farid Fata, the oncologist would give cancer drugs to patients unnecessarily or in inappropriate dosages.
He was arrested Tuesday in the alleged $35 million Medicare fraud scheme...
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...home/-/1719418/21350230/-/8il2j8/-/index.html
Oakland Township oncologist faces charges in alleged $35 million Medicare fraud scheme
Published: Tuesday, August 06, 2013
By DAVE PHILLIPS
dave.phillips@oakpress.com; @dave_phillips1
A doctor from Oakland Township has been arrested and charged for his alleged role in a $35 million Medicare fraud scheme, officials announced Tuesday.
Dr. Farid Fata, 48, is accused of submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare, as well as falsifying documents and directing others to do the same. In one instance, he is accused of forcing a patient who fell and hit his head to undergo chemotherapy before receiving medical treatment for the head injury. The patient later died from the head injury.
Fata owns and operates Michigan Hematology Oncology Centers (MHO), which billed Medicare for approximately $35 million over a two-year period, according to a release from the office of U.S. District Attorney Barbara McQuade...
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2013/08/06/news/local_news/doc520121416899e690241938.txt