The owner and operator of two Modern Vascular clinics in San Antonio are among the...
San Antonio Podiatry Associates, the Podiatry Group and Pollak did not respond to requests for comment.Gampel gave his pitch to the “San Antonio Solicitees,” as the suit describes the prospective investors, explaining that they each stood to reap more than $1 million in less than five years by investing $15,000 for a 2 percent interest in the clinic. The return was based on annual profits and proceeds from the clinic’s eventual sale, the original lawsuit stated.
“Most of the San Antonio Solicitees were convinced to invest and the result was the creation of Modern Vascular of San Antonio,” the suit said.San Antonio’s iHeartMedia to pay $400,000 fine to resolve allegations of deceptive advertising Those who signed on are defendants — identified only as “Investor Does 1-100” — in the doctors’ action.The department did identify three San Antonio “physician-investors” by their initials — “Dr. R.P.,” “Dr. R.F.” and “Dr. F.A” — who each referred a patient to Modern Vascular, which allegedly submitted claims for payment to Medicare in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute. No affiliation for the doctors was given.
“We will continue to ensure that health care decisions are based on the needs of patients and not the financial interests of providers.” The Justice Department also could say it doesn’t want those claims pursued and move to dismiss them, or amend its complaint to add the investors as defendants, Fein said.The defendants tried to conceal the alleged kickback scheme by making it look like an investment, Fein said.
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