Medicare fraud trial of Thomson medical equipment company owner set for next week
Jury selection is set to begin next Thursday for Pate, who is the chief operating officer of Southern Respiratory. On Thursday, the attorneys met with
Pate's company has been a registered Medicare provider since 2011. According to the indictment, she is accused of submitting thousands of fraudulent claims for Medicare payments between
According to the indictment, Pate is accused of submitting claims for equipment that was not ordered by a physician nor medically necessary. Several counts allege Pate submitted claims for extra heavy-duty wheelchairs and accessories while patients were given less expensive, standard wheelchairs. In other counts of the indictment, Pate is accused of submitting claims for respiratory devices that were never ordered by a physician nor received by a patient.
Pate was indicted on March. She has remained free on a
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