A Valencia doctor is facing federal charges for allegedly operating a $6.5 million scheme to defraud Medicare by billing the program for health services that he never provided for “patients,” some of whom were deceased, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday.
Gary J. Ordog, 60, is charged with nine counts of health care fraud, according to a federal grand jury indictment unsealed today in Los Angeles.
According to the indictment, the physician ostensibly specialized in various toxicological symptoms, including those related to mold and chemical exposures.
Prosecutors said Ordog would see a beneficiary at least once in connection with the potential evaluation and management of his or her conditions.
Subsequently, often several years after the last time he saw a particular beneficiary, he would submit false claims to Medicare for purported additional visits with the same beneficiary, when the visits never actually occurred, according to the indictment.
In some instances, prosecutors allege, Ordog billed Medicare for services provided to beneficiaries who were dead as of the claimed date of service.
— City News Service