Rhett E. McCarty admitted filing bogus Medicare, Medicaid claims since 2008
The Lebanon Daily RecordOriginally published August 21, 2012
A psychologist who practiced in the Lebanon area pleaded guilty in federal court last week to engaging in a $1 million scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid.
Rhett E. McCarty, 67, of Lake Ozark, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to health care fraud and to forgery, according to a media release from David M. Ketchmark, acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.
McCarty is a licensed psychologist and private practitioner who provided psychotherapy services to recipients of both Medicare and Medicaid in their homes in the Lebanon area.
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