Medical Assistant Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Bill Medicare for Unlicensed Physician's Services
NEWARK, N.J. - A medical assistant at a pair of large medical services companies with offices in New Jersey and New York admitted today to conspiring with the companies' chief executive officer to defraud Medicare over a four-year period by performing illegal, unlicensed physicians' services for patients, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Mario Roncal, 61, of Woodland Park, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares in Newark federal court to an Indictment charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
Action Details
- Date:January 4, 2013
- Agency:U.S. Attorney
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Enforcement Types:
- Criminal and Civil Actions