Carl Smith L.M.H.C. aka Lil Dog, New Horizon HouseCarl Smith, the 65-year-old manager of New Horizon House LLC, has been charged with participating in a fraudulent drug-screening operation. Arraigned on Friday, he pleaded not guilty and is being held on $30,000 bail. He is due back in Suffolk Superior Court on Oct. 14.
According to a court filing from the attorney general’s office, Smith has a “lengthy criminal record” dating back to 1975 when he was convicted of armed robbery. He was sentenced to three to five years in state prison. He was convicted of rape of young boys in1979 and 1989. He is a pedophile and registered level 1 sex offender.
He was also convicted of kidnapping and armed robbery in 1979, larceny in 1989, forgery and embezzlement in 1991, forgery and larceny in 1994, and possession of a hypodermic needle or syringe in 1995, the filing noted.
Carl Smith’s indictment was one of 118 brought by Coakley through a statewide grand jury and others in Suffolk and Bristol counties. The alleged scheme involves three health care companies, ten individuals, and $10 million fraudulently obtained, largely from the state Medicaid program.
State Rep. Marty Walsh, who attended the Port Norfolk meeting, said he was troubled by the allegations. “I question what kind of program he’s actually running there,” he said. “If he’s defrauding the government, is he defrauding the clients as well and not providing them with services?”
Describing four unrelated cases, state prosecutors said Adlife Healthcare of Framingham allegedly billed the state for medical treatment to people who were deceased. Preventive Medicine Associates, and its owner, Dr. Punyamurtula Kishore, of Brookline, allegedly ran a “kickback scheme” with sober houses throughout the state.
Smith is accused of getting paid $34,000 in return for arranging the ordering of urine drug screening tests for which MassHealth paid Kishore and PMA more than $786,000.
According to the State House News Service, David Benson of New Bedford allegedly over-billed the state by making it seem as though his psychotherapy patients had more dire medical needs. Pond View Nursing Facility, in Jamaica Plain, was shut down in June 2008 for bad service, Coakley said, and its owner, Carolyn Wetterberg, was indicted for allegedly inflating the supposed medical needs of Pond View patients.
“They may as well be walking over to MassHealth and taking money out of the Treasury,” Coakley said about the four companies and the “separate but very serious violations of public trust.”
Asked about the extent of fraud in the massive program, Coakley said she was unable to provide a specific estimate but said, “obviously there’s a lot.”
Adlife, an adult foster care program, is accused of the biggest fraud, amounting to $5.5 million in which the company claimed adults, who would visit during the day, were round-the-clock patients and billed the state for patients who are actually dead. Adlife had offices in West Springfield, Dorchester, and Hyannis, but Adlife and the other accused companies are “not in business,” according to Coakley.
Preventive Medicine Associates was the next largest, accused of $3.8 million in unnecessary drug tests as part of a kickback scheme with sober houses in Dorchester, Malden, New Bedford and elsewhere that would contract with PMA to perform the unnecessary drug screens.
After the state shutdown, Pond View and the patients were moved to other nursing homes. Many of them reportedly needed help eating and walking, but in the move out of Pond View many were able to perform both those activities without any assistance, according to Coakley, who said, “We do not believe there were miracles performed after those patients left that nursing home.”
MassHealth, which runs the state’s Medicaid program, is budgeted at $10.3 billion, or about a third of the state’s budget. The 118 indictments, which Coakley described as difficult and expensive to achieve, accuse the four companies of defrauding about a tenth of one percent of the MassHealth budget.
Material from State House News Service was used in this report.
MAD DOG a.k.a Punymurtula Kidhore MD and Lil Dog a.k.a. Carl Smith
ReplyDeleteL.M.H.C. are responsible for the death of Eleanor Clark of Weston ,
Massachusetts.
Just look at what happen to James Clark .
James
Clark was a client at the same address where the Director/Manager Carl
Smith resided at ,50 Draper Street in Dorchester MA. Carl Smith is
suppose to be a state licensed Mental Health Clinician , If so , than
why did he discharge James Clark ? James clark never tested postive for a
toxicology screen for illegal or prescription drugs, than why was he
discharged ?
He was discharged for behavioral and attitude problems
that were related to his psychiatric and substance abuse diagnosis. Carl
Smith L.M.H.C. should have been able to detect that this man had
psychological problems and referred him for treatment to MAD DOG aka
Punyamurtula K...ishore s Neurological Clinic for treatment and to help
James Clark get back on his psychiatric medication. Instead , Carl Smith
discharged him and the following day , James Clark murdered his 81 year
old grandmother Eleanor Clark in Weston Massachusetts .
Punyamurtula
Kishore MD aka MAD DOG Millionaire referred James Clark to Carl Smith s
Program New Horizon House after James Clark was Discharged from St.
Elizabeths Hospital s S.E.C.A.P. s Detoxification unit. Punyamurtula
Kishore aka MAD DOG had a Contract with Carl Smith to provide New
Horizon clients with Medical and Mental health Treatment. No treatment
was provided except for toxicology screens . Carl Smith collected James
Clark s program fee and MAD DOG Kishore billed his insurance company .
Carl Smith and Dr. Kishore donot care about thier clients or patients .
The only thing they cared about was making money at the expense of HUMAN
Punyamurtula Kishore MD aka MAD DOG MILLIONAIRE is a liar and a
ReplyDeletefraud. There has never been a National Library of Addictions or a
Amerixcan College of Addiction Medicine in Massachusetts or anywhere in
the United States, accept on paper.
The mysterious National
Library of Addictions Of all the libraries in all the world, which is
the most addictive — and the most mysterious? Perhaps it’s The National
Library of Addictions. This addictive entity is located in Brookline,
Massachusetts. Founded by Punyamurtula S. Kishore, M.D., M.P.H., it is
said to be “an intellectual gathering place for health care
professionals and community members.” The institution is little known to
the library-loving public, and information about it is scarce. Many
questions present themselves. What addictions are kept in the library’s
collection, and which of them are available for use by the public? Which
of these addictions can be taken out on loan? Is there a children ’s
room, or is the library open only to adults? Bibliophiles note with
pleasure that the library appears to own at least one book.
Punyamurtula
Kishore MD aka MAD DOG Millionaire, How did MAD DOG Millionaire become a
Millionaire? CORRUPTION , LYING , CHEATING , and STEALING from Mass
Health , Medicare , Medicaid and private insurance companies .
Exploiting his emoloyees and patients. Billing insurance companies
without examining or seeing the patients.
30 years of CORRUPTION ,
LIES, CHEATING AND STEALING is Punyamurtula Kishore MD aka Mad Dog
Millionaire’s trademark . He was involved in Corruption when he was the Asst.
Medical Director at the Massachusetts Dept. of Correction , Martha Eliot
Health Ctr , Roxbury Comprehensive Health Ctr. and his own Medical
Practice , Preventive Medicine Associates.formerly Addiction Medicine
Associates. He used two entities he created on paper that never existed
called the National library of Addictions and the American College of
Addiction to advocate his emergence in the field of addiction medicine.
This unscrupulous MD used and exploited his patients and employees for
financial wealth. The only thing that MAD DOG MILLIONAIRE aka
Punyamurtula Kishore cared about was making money at the expense of
Human misery
Punyamurtula Kishore MD a.k.a. MAD DOG MILLIONAIRE , Brookline Doctor Pleads Guilty, Sentenced to Jail and Ordered to Pay $9.3 Million for Running
ReplyDeleteMedicaid Kickback and False Billing Scheme
Punyamurtula Kishore MD a.k.a. MAD DOG MILLIONAIRE to Surrender Medical License, Sentenced to House of Correction
BOSTON – A Brookline doctor has pleaded guilty, was
sentenced to jail, and has been ordered to pay $9.3 million in
restitution for running an intricate Medicaid fraud scheme involving
millions of dollars in taxpayer funds, Attorney General Maura Healey
announced today.
Dr. Punyamurtula Kishore, 64, along with his company Preventive
Medicine Associates, Inc. (PMA), pleaded guilty on Monday in Suffolk
Superior Court. PMA pleaded guilty to charges of Medicaid Kickbacks (8
counts), Medicaid False Claims (19 counts) and Larceny over $250 (11
counts). Dr. Kishore pleaded guilty to one count of Larceny over $250.
“Dr. Kishore orchestrated a complex kickback scheme to funnel a
lucrative drug screening business to his laboratories and then billed
taxpayers millions of dollars for those services,” AG Healey said. “This
case exhibited blatant theft of state funds that were supposed to go
toward care for some of our most vulnerable residents. This is fraud
that undermines the integrity of our health care system.”
Today, Superior Court Judge Janet Sanders sentenced Kishore to 360
days in the House of Correction, with 11 months to serve and the balance
suspended for 10 years. As a condition to his sentence, Kishore has
also agreed to surrender his medical license. Judge Sanders also ordered
Kishore and PMA to pay, jointly and severally, a total of $9.3 million
in restitution.
Dr. Kishore previously owned and managed PMA, a network of 29 medical
branches throughout Massachusetts, including physician office
laboratories and one independent clinical laboratory. Based on the AG’s
investigation, Dr. Kishore used bribes, or kickbacks, to induce sober
house owners to send their residents’ urine drug screening business to
his laboratories for testing. Residents were typically screened three
times per week.
A urine drug screen may be billed to MassHealth by a physician if the
screen is medically necessary. Drug screens generally are billed to the
MassHealth program for approximately $100 to $200. Dr. Kishore
manipulated his business relationships with sober house owners to
illegally obtain tens of thousands of drug screens paid for by
MassHealth for sober house residents who were never treated by PMA
providers.
Indian Doctor Steals $9 Million from U.S. Taxpayers: Gets 1 Year in Jail
ReplyDeleteDr Punyamurtula Kishore - in healthcare, the criminals hide in plain sight
“This case exhibited blatant theft of state funds that were supposed to go toward care for some of our most vulnerable residents. This is fraud that undermines the integrity of our health care system.”
(State Attorney General Maura Healey)
In the town of Brookline Massachusetts yet another Indian physician has been found guilty of defrauding Medicaid of millions of taxpayer funds, according to State Attorney General Maura Healey this morning.
How well do you know YOUR doctor?
Doctor Punyamurtula Kishore, age 64, whose ongoing scam business Preventive Medicine Associates provided an excellent cover for a monstrous kickback scheme, changed his “not guilty” plea to “guilty” yesterday in Suffolk Superior Court. He admitted to 19 counts of false Medicaid Claims; 8 counts of Medicaid Kickbacks and 11 other counts of grand theft.
Attorney General Healey said, “this doctor orchestrated a complex kickback scheme to funnel a lucrative drug screening business to his laboratories and then billed taxpayers millions of dollars for those services.”
As a result, Superior Court Judge Janet Sanders sentenced Kishore to 360 days in the jail and a 10-year suspended sentence. Kishore, age 63, was ordered to surrender his medical license and repay $9,300,000 in restitution.
Lab coat lunatic Kishore had owned and operated Preventive Medicine Associates, which managed about 30 laboratories in Massachusetts, including physician office labs. The prosecution was able to prove that Kishore used bribery to induce operators of alcohol and drug housing to refer their residents’ urine screening business to his laboratories for testing. Residents were typically screened three times per week.
By law, $100-$200 urine drug tests may legally be billed to MassHealth by a doctor if they are medically necessary. Kishore illegally obtained tens of thousands of drug screens paid for by MassHealth residents who were never qualified patients.
State regulations require that the services must be medically necessary and the provider must be physically present and actively involved in the treatment.
Here’s another look:
Our Observations:
This particular Third World Assassin graduated from Andhra Medical College in India in 1974. He immigrated to the U.S. and learned from his colleagues that the American medical system is rife with opportunities for massive theft. Had he been even slightly less greedy, it is likely he never would have been caught.
After his time in jail, do you wonder if this brazen public enemy will be deported?
Absolutely not. the United States does not deport foreign-born criminal doctors. We reward them.