Three Houston heart surgeons have agreed to pay $15 million to settle claims they performed risky surgeries while in multiple operating rooms and violated Medicare billing rules.
Three heart surgeons have agreed to pay $15 million to resolve claims they billed for concurrent heart surgeries in violation of Medicare teaching physician and informed consent regulations, officials said. According to a release, Baylor St. Lukes Medical Center , Baylor College of Medicine , and Surgical Associates of Texas P.A. are involved in the settlement.
At times, the surgeons allegedly hid these activities by falsely attesting on medical records they were physically present for the "entire" operation. In addition, medical staff did not inform patients the surgeon would be leaving the room to perform another operation."Patients entrusted these surgeons with their lives - submitting to operations where one missed cut is the difference between life and death," said U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
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