Lombard dermatologist faces prison time for defrauding Medicare, others
From 2003 to 2010,
Many of his patients did not have precancerous lesions, and many of the treatments billed by Kolbusz were for cosmetic procedures, such as Erbium "lunchtime laser peels," performed by nonmedical professionals from his office, the FBI news release states.
Kolbusz was convicted in 2014 of three counts of wire fraud and three counts of mail fraud. In addition to the prison sentence handed down
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Kolbusz was ordered to begin serving his sentence
According to the
Evidence at the four-week trial revealed that Kolbusz had aestheticians in his office perform cosmetic laser treatments on benign skin conditions that normally would not have qualified for insurance coverage. In bills submitted to
Eight patients and several of Kolbusz's employees testified during the trial. One patient, who was a teenager at the time, testified that Kolbusz's staff performed routine laser procedures that she was told were to lighten her freckles. In the patient's medical records, however, Kolbusz stated that he had destroyed approximately 491 precancerous lesions on her skin, leading
Kolbusz continued his fraud scheme even after a representative of the
Kolbusz received his medical degree in 1983 at
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