Husband-and-Wife Doctors Charged with Federal Comp Fraud

A federal grand jury has indicted a husband and wife in Maryland for medical fraud, according to a local news report.Paramjit Ajrawat and his wife, Sukhveen Ajrawat, both doctors, are accused of overbilling their patients and collecting more than $2.3 million in fraudulent insurance payouts from government agencies, including the Office of Workers’ Compensation Program. A 10-page, 16-count indictment alleges that the Ajrawats performed low-cost medical procedures, then billed insurance providers for operations that reimbursed at higher rates.The alleged false billing began in August 2008...