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Indian-owned US medical practice to pay $3.6 mn in settlement
Washington, May 29
A medical practice co-owned
by two Indian-origin doctors has agreed to pay $3.6 million to settle
false bills raised for tests that were not needed, according to a media
report.
The settlement between the government and NJMedCare/NJ
Heart owners Jasjit Walia and Preet Randhawa was announced on Thursday,
NJ.com reported citing US attorney Paul Fishman.
The allegations
against the medical practice based in New Jersey claims that the
Indian-origin physicians billed US federal healthcare programmes for
unnecessary tests including stress tests and cardiac catheterisations,
the report said.
The NJMedCar website describes Walia as "a
highly-recommended invasive cardiologist who is board certified in
cardiovascular diseases and internal medicine".
Heart specialist
Randhawa is an interventional cardiologist and is board certified in
internal medicine, cardiology and interventional cardiology, the website
said.
Founded in 2001, the NJ Heart/ NJ MedCare is one of the
largest multi-specialty physician groups with several offices in New
Jersey.