Doctor agrees to pay $1.95M for fraud allegations

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 4:39 p.m. December 4, 2017
  • Manatee-Sarasota
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SARASOTA — Sarasota physician Dr. Arthur Portnow agreed to pay $1.95 million to resolve allegations that he and his practice violated the False Claims Act by seeking reimbursement for medically unnecessary ultrasound tests performed on Medicare beneficiaries.

 

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