Joseph Gigante, MD Agreed to Pay $87,000 and Be Excluded for 8 Years for Receiving Remuneration in Exchange for Ordering Durable Medical Equipment

On May 23, 2022, Joseph D. Gigante, MD, Elmwood Park, Illinois, entered into a settlement agreement with OIG in which he agreed to pay $87,210 and be excluded from participation in all Federal health care programs for eight years under 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7a and 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7(b)(7).  The settlement agreement resolves allegations that Dr. Gigante received remuneration from a telemedicine company in the form of monetary payments related to purported telemedicine and diagnostic consultations.  The OIG contends that Dr. Gigante solicited and received the remuneration in exchange for ordering durable medical equipment for which the Medicare program paid.  OIG’s Office of Investigations and Office of Counsel to the Inspector General, represented by Senior Counsel David Traskey, collaborated to achieve this resolution.

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