Former Texas hospital chain CFO convicted of MU fraud
Joe White, who managed six Texas hospitals owned by Tariq Mahmood, MD, has pleaded guilty to making false statements to obtain $800,000 in Meaningful Use incentive payments, reports The Dallas Morning News.
Last year, the hospital chain’s four facilities closed and two were sold during a government regulatory crackdown. In July, a federal jury found Mahmood guilty of Medicare fraud for directing staffers to change patient diagnoses to fraudently obtain $1.1 million in billings.
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