Eastern District of Arkansas Little Rock Psychologist Indicted by Federal Grand Jury for Defrauding Medicare and Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield United States Department of Justice
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pp LITTLE ROCKA Little Rock psychologist has been indicted for defrauding Medicare and Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Cross and creating fictitious records to conceal her wrongdoing Krameelah Banks 48 of Little Rock faces twentythree counts of wire fraud seven counts of making false statements in connection with health care one count of lying to the FBI and one count of aggravated identity theft Jonathan Ross US Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas Alicia Corder Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Little Rock Field Office and Jason Meadows Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Regional Office of the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General announced the chargespp According to the indictment Banks owned and operated Arkansas Behavioral Center ABC Although Banks treated some regular patients who received ongoing psychotherapy most of her patients were referrals who were seen just once for the sole purpose of receiving presurgical psychological evaluations It is alleged that from 2021 through 2023 Banks billed for thousands of hours of psychology services that never took place by routinely charging Medicare and Blue Cross for ongoing psychotherapy in the names of persons who were referral patients seen only once causing insurers to lose over 500000pp The indictment alleges that Banks billed for services rendered at ABC while vacationing in Florida and Mexico Banks billed for more than 24 hours worth of services rendered in a single day The indictment also alleges that Banks billed for over 130 sessions rendered to several patients who had long since diedpp According to the indictment Banks responded to inquiries about disputed claims by creating fictitious records and even recycled such entries by providing nearly identical records to Medicare and Blue Cross The indictment goes on to allege Banks later misled the FBI by blaming any overbilling on her online calendaring softwarepp An indictment contains only allegations The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guiltypp ppAdditional information about the office of theppUnited States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas is available online atpphttpswwwjusticegovedarppX formerly known as TwitterppUSAOEDAR pp ppJoe David May aka Jay May of Alexander an Arkansas doctor at the heart of a 12 million scheme to defraud TRICARE will spend the next 102 months in federalppAn Alexander doctor has been convicted for his involvement in a multimilliondollar kickback conspiracy at the conclusion of a weeklong trialppThe organizer of a multimilliondollar kickback conspiracy was sentenced today Brad Duke 47 of Little Rock was sentenced to 36 months imprisonment and ordered to forfeit 105585586 by United StatesppEastern District of Arkansas425 West Capitol AvenueSuite 500Little Rock AR 72201ppEmail USAOEDARppTelephone 501 3402600Fax Line 501 3402728ppStay ConnectedppppHave a question about Government Servicesp
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pp LITTLE ROCKA Little Rock psychologist has been indicted for defrauding Medicare and Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Cross and creating fictitious records to conceal her wrongdoing Krameelah Banks 48 of Little Rock faces twentythree counts of wire fraud seven counts of making false statements in connection with health care one count of lying to the FBI and one count of aggravated identity theft Jonathan Ross US Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas Alicia Corder Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Little Rock Field Office and Jason Meadows Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Regional Office of the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General announced the chargespp According to the indictment Banks owned and operated Arkansas Behavioral Center ABC Although Banks treated some regular patients who received ongoing psychotherapy most of her patients were referrals who were seen just once for the sole purpose of receiving presurgical psychological evaluations It is alleged that from 2021 through 2023 Banks billed for thousands of hours of psychology services that never took place by routinely charging Medicare and Blue Cross for ongoing psychotherapy in the names of persons who were referral patients seen only once causing insurers to lose over 500000pp The indictment alleges that Banks billed for services rendered at ABC while vacationing in Florida and Mexico Banks billed for more than 24 hours worth of services rendered in a single day The indictment also alleges that Banks billed for over 130 sessions rendered to several patients who had long since diedpp According to the indictment Banks responded to inquiries about disputed claims by creating fictitious records and even recycled such entries by providing nearly identical records to Medicare and Blue Cross The indictment goes on to allege Banks later misled the FBI by blaming any overbilling on her online calendaring softwarepp An indictment contains only allegations The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guiltypp ppAdditional information about the office of theppUnited States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas is available online atpphttpswwwjusticegovedarppX formerly known as TwitterppUSAOEDAR pp ppJoe David May aka Jay May of Alexander an Arkansas doctor at the heart of a 12 million scheme to defraud TRICARE will spend the next 102 months in federalppAn Alexander doctor has been convicted for his involvement in a multimilliondollar kickback conspiracy at the conclusion of a weeklong trialppThe organizer of a multimilliondollar kickback conspiracy was sentenced today Brad Duke 47 of Little Rock was sentenced to 36 months imprisonment and ordered to forfeit 105585586 by United StatesppEastern District of Arkansas425 West Capitol AvenueSuite 500Little Rock AR 72201ppEmail USAOEDARppTelephone 501 3402600Fax Line 501 3402728ppStay ConnectedppppHave a question about Government Servicesp
