DOJ: Scottsdale Physicians Group may have ‘upcoded’ and ‘improperly admitted’ patients
A prominent Valley doctor was hailed as a “health care hero” during the pandemic, but now his companies are in bankruptcy and the Department of Justice is accusing them of unnecessarily admitting patients to a Scottsdale hospital and submitting false billing claims to Medicare.
Dr. Nima Ghadimi founded Scottsdale Physicians Group, as w ell as SPG Hospice and United Telehealth. Court documents show the doctor, or his family’s trust, owned 100% of all three companies.
From the outside, Ghadimi…
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