OK fellows wake up ! ! ! ........Believe it, it's true....its in the law books and it's on the record !
There are fake patients, and they do come in and they CAN change your life !
I have personal knowledge of a physician who "gave away care" ...ie charged them nothing, zero dollars, gave his own time and service to about 20 patients in a 12 month period to uninsured teachers, pastors, nurses and allied health professionals and was sued by a State goverment for ~ $ 6 million and his license.
What was the charge...?,... a two tiered billing system ! No charge for some and regular charge for the insured !
After nearly 2 years of depositions, a week of trial court, newspaper headlines that he was accused of insurance fraud, mail fraud, falsifying records,theft, and racketeering....the practice and physician destroyed and ruined by this time....
The jury verdict....? Guilty !!!!
It was appealed to the State apellate court, where it was overturned and reversed against the jury verdict! It was re-appealed by prosecutors to the State Supreme Court level and thankfully the Appellate court's decision was upheld.
These people wanted this bad...! They wanted to be able to pursue ANY doctor for having discrepency billing, in this case free services for WHATEVER personal physician basis.....this would have been a potential benchmark case and they knew it !
Trust me they are still out there...I was there , and I saw it first hand
