For years, a small group of Southern California doctors performed unnecessary or overly extensive spinal surgeries, which were then fraudulently billed to Medicare, according to a complaint recently filed by the U.S. Attorney's office.
The Justice Department is suing former Ventura surgeon Dr. Aria Sabit and three investors in a spinal implant distribution company, attempting to recover money Medicare paid for what government lawyers say were unnecessary or excessive surgeries encouraged by the defendants.The civil complaint (PDF), filed Sept. 8, claims Adam Pike and Bret Berry are the founders of Reliance Medical Systems, an implant company, and subsequently at least 12 physician-owned distributorships (PODs}. John Hoffman was an investor in one of the Reliance PODs.
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