USA v. Hertel and Brown

Aaron Hertel and Michael Brown allegedly led, managed, and supervised a conspiracy at Hertel & Brown Physical and Aquatic Therapy that involved the use of unlicensed technicians to treat patients and then billed health insurance providers as if licensed physical therapists and physical therapist assistants had provided the treatment. According to the DOJ, the conspirators consistently billed more treatment time each day than the five locations of Hertel & Brown clinics were open, resulting in massive fraudulent overbilling. Conspirators also allegedly tampered with the patient schedule to make it appear that patients had received one-on-one treatment as required by Medicare, which the patients had not received, with the clinics instead treating multiple patients at the same time and billing the patients as if they had received individualized treatment.

Summary generated from official Department of Justice press release