Psychiatrists performing miracles?
July 9, 2008 Fraud, News, Psychiatrist, Psychiatry No CommentsWritten by Joel Hesch Posted: July 09, 2008 | 1:00 am Eastern © 2008
Psychiatrists sometimes try playing God. That’s right. Psychiatrists are claiming the ability to perform miracles when treating mental disorders in the elderly. If billing records are to be believed, they are omnipresent – capable of providing services in two rooms at the same time.
Recently, Cleveland psychiatrist Gulshan Sultan agreed to settle out of court with the government for $1.1 million. According to the government, during a five-year period, this one psychiatrist submitted 6,000 false claims to Medicare. Some days, the government alleged, Sultan billed Medicare more than 24 hours a day, demonstrating her remarkable ability to ignore the rules of time as well as space.