Calif. U.S. Attorney: Santa Paula Doctor Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud for Role in Hospice Scam That Bilked Medicare Out of $3.2 Million
July 25, 2024
July 25, 2024
LOS ANGELES, California, July 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on July 24, 2024:
A Ventura County physician who worked for two Pasadena hospices pleaded guilty today to defrauding Medicare out of more than $3 million by billing the public health insurance program for medically unnecessary hospice services.
Dr. Victor Contreras, 68, of Santa Paula, pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud.< . . .
A Ventura County physician who worked for two Pasadena hospices pleaded guilty today to defrauding Medicare out of more than $3 million by billing the public health insurance program for medically unnecessary hospice services.
Dr. Victor Contreras, 68, of Santa Paula, pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud.< . . .