Psychologist found guilty of defrauding Medicare
Compliance Monitor, March 17, 2004
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Joseph Yedid, MD, a San Diego-based psychologist, pleaded guilty March 10 in San Diego federal court to defrauding Medicare of more than $30,000.
According to a news release from the office of the U.S. Attorney in the southern district of California, Yedid admitted that his scheme involved billing Medicare for psychotherapy sessions on dates when he was out of town or out of the country; billing for psychotherapy allegedly provided at a hospital on a date in which the patient was already discharged; and billing for lengthy conversations when he had visited the patient for just a short period of time.
Yedid allegedly submitted false and inflated bills to Medicare over a two-year period, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle W. Hoffman, who prosecuted the case. During that time, Yedid practiced at Paradise Valley Hospital in National City, Continental Rehabilitation Hospital in Hillcrest, and at a private office in Mira Mesa. He later moved his practice to Del Mar Heights.
Yedid faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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