Georgia Indicts Doctor on 40 Counts in $4 Million Medicaid Fraud Case
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Updated · FOX 5 Atlanta · Jun 24
Georgia Indicts Doctor on 40 Counts in $4 Million Medicaid Fraud Case
1 articles · Updated · FOX 5 Atlanta · Jun 24
Summary
Murrell Rutledge Jr., 52, was federally indicted on 40 health care fraud counts after prosecutors said he billed Georgia Medicaid more than $4 million for services never performed between 2017 and 2023.
Thousands of claims from his East Point practice allegedly sought payment for wound care, allergy testing and psychotherapy, generating millions in Medicaid reimbursements investigators say were not legitimately earned.
Georgia officials also announced a separate $375,000 civil settlement with Avant Interventional Psychiatry and Dr. Okah Anyokwu over allegations that Medicaid was billed under a physician's name for services performed by other workers.
The Georgia actions were part of the Justice Department's national health care fraud takedown, which charged 455 people in schemes involving more than $6.5 billion in alleged false claims.
Since 2007, the DOJ's Health Care Fraud Strike Force has charged more than 6,200 defendants tied to over $45 billion in alleged fraudulent billings.