An indictment unsealed July ten charges Vasso Godiali, MD, with orchestrating a $60 million care fraud scheme and lavation payoff from the scheme, per the Department of Justice.
Dr. Godiali, a vascular physician, allegedly submitted false claims to Medicaid, Medicare and Blue Cross of Michigan for services that weren’t provided and exploited Modifier fifty nine to improperly unbundle claims. Dr. Godiali allegedly claimed he was performing many separate procedures once he was solely entitled to one compensation for one procedure, per the DoJ.
The indictment additional alleges Dr. Godiali used six companies to launder roughly $49 million in payoff from the aid fraud scheme, per the Department of Justice.
