Doctor Accused of Medicare Fraud Donated $450K to Democrats – IOTW Report

Doctor Accused of Medicare Fraud Donated $450K to Democrats

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Dr. Asad Qamar received more than $18.2 million in Medicare reimbursements in 2012.

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A cardiologist in Florida who has donated more than $450,000 to Democrats has been suspended from receiving Medicare reimbursement payments over “credible allegations of fraud” after reimbursements as far back as 2012 came under scrutiny.

Dr. Asad Qamar, a cardiologist based out of Ocala, Fla., was officially suspended from participating in the program in March, though the suspension was only recently made public. In January, the government intervened in a lawsuit against Qamar filed by whistleblowers who alleged the doctor had defrauded the government.

According to the Department of Justice, Qamar performed “excessive and medically unnecessary peripheral artery interventional services and affiliated procedures on Medicare patients.” Additionally, one lawsuit further alleges that the doctor “induced patients to undergo those unnecessary procedures by routinely waiving the 20 percent Medicare copayment, regardless of the patients’ financial need.”

 

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7 Comments on Doctor Accused of Medicare Fraud Donated $450K to Democrats

  1. We’ve always known that ALL social programs are nothing more than a way to get taxpayer funding for socialist politicians.

    Why do you think the democrat party is so intent on stopping fraud in the defense department but don’t want any investigation or legislation stopping fraud in any of their prized social programs? Kill welfare and all other social programs and this problem goes away. And in a wonderful unintended consequence, so will the ‘tards.

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