NY-AG v. Payam Toobian

Payam Toobian allegedly paid kickbacks to physicians for patient referrals and subjected Medicaid patients to unnecessary radiological tests. According to NY-AG, from January 2006 to August 2017, Toobian allegedly gave gift cards, cash, and checks totaling more than $547,000 to three physicians in exchange for the physicians’ referral of patients to Empire Imaging. From January 2014 to August 2017, Toobian allegedly directed his employees at Empire Imaging to add additional, unordered radiological procedures to orders submitted by referring physicians to increase the amount of money Empire Imaging would receive from Medicaid. Toobian allegedly defrauded Medicaid and subjected patients to medically unnecessary and often invasive radiological testing.

Summary generated from official New York Attorney General press release