Matthew Paul Brown, of Nashville, Tennessee, was indicted late last week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia for allegedly persuading Atlanta area physicians to submit claims to Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers, according to an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Brown, who is not licensed as a physician in Georgia, is alleged to have impersonated a doctor and to have purportedly treated patients between November of 2009 and April 2011. Brown allegedly agreed to pay the doctors from 50 to 85 percent of his reimbursements from Federal healthcare programs and private insurers. A total of $1.2 million in claims were billed.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia stated that investigators are contacting patients whom Brown allegedly treated. He is also charged with disclosing patient information under false pretenses. The identities of the physicians whom Brown allegedly conspired with were not reported.