U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that 60 YO BRET BERRY, of Mandeville, was charged last month with seven counts of health care fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft.
According to the indictment, BERRY defrauded Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, Medicare and Medicaid, other health care benefit programs relating to billing for cardiac rehabilitation services. BERRY attempted to provide services that required a doctor’s order when he did not have said order, and he attempted to provide services that required a doctor’s presence, when no doctor was present.
According to the indictment, BERRY and his companies billed health care insurance companies for fraudulent services totaling approximately $11,290,000. BERRY and his companies were reimbursed approximately $859,000 in relation to those fraudulent claims.
The maximum penalty for each health care fraud charge is up to 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release and a $100.00 special assessment fee for each count.
