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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Psychologist pleads guilty to $1M fraud

Rhett E. McCarty admitted filing bogus Medicare, Medicaid claims since 2008

The Lebanon Daily Record
Originally 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.

The entire story is here.

Monday, June 4, 2012

Missouri Psychologist Indicted for Health Care Fraud

by Staff Reporters
Kansas City InfoZine
Originally published May 27, 2012

Rhett E. McCarty, 67, of Lake Ozark, Mo., was charged in a two-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. The indictment was unsealed and made public today upon McCarty’s arrest and initial court appearance in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Mo.

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. The federal indictment alleges that since Aug. 22, 2008, McCarty has submitted Medicare and Medicaid claims for at least 19 beneficiaries for which he was paid $1,276,334.

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According to the indictment, McCarty forged (or caused another person to forge) the signatures of beneficiaries on patient sign-in sheets in order to obtain $418,507 in Medicare and Medicaid payments.

The whole story is here.