Execs guilty in drug-test kickback scheme
State’s crackdown taints laboratory, snares sober-home and addiction-treatment operators
The crisis at Massachusetts-based Calloway Laboratories, a crisis highlighted by news of a state Medicaid fraud investigation in July 2010, a $20 million state settlement in March, and the lab’s acquisition by Boston-based private equity firm Ampersand in September, may now be passing with the October 22 guilty pleas of two departed Calloway Labs senior executives.
With its acquisition by Ampersand set to close before yearend, Calloway Labs may at last “turn the page” on its recent troubles, but nationally, questions about the sometimes dubious ethics involved in the growing business of urine drug testing remain.
Unnecessary tests get AG’s attention
Patients who need drug tests are big business. So big, in fact, that the labs that test their urine for drugs are doing everything they can to maximize the profits. But in Massachusetts, Attorney General Martha Coakley has spent years investigating clinical laboratories that are bilking MassHealth – the state’s Medicaid program – for unncessary drug tests, which are done because people with access to patients—including some addiction treatment providers and sober home operators—take bribes in exchange for sending those patients to a particular laboratory.
In the spring of 2012, Calloway Laboratories paid $20 million to settle charges that it defrauded the state Medicaid program by, among other things, overcharging for drug screens. The scheme involved bribing sober living homes to have clients screened unnecessarily. The company did not admit guilt and said it was a result of “outdated practices.”
On October 22, three defendants pleaded guilty to the Medicaid kickback scheme, in which they used “straw companies” and overcharged the state’s Medicaid program for urine screens. The three—Arthur Levitan,Calloway Labs' former chief executive officer, Patrick Cavanaugh, its former chief operating officer, and William Maragioglio, a former sober house employee—pleaded guilty to engaging in the kickback scheme in which sober houses and a medical office illegally obtained urine drug screening business that was paid for by the state’s Medicaid program. "This pervasive kickback scheme cost the Medicaid program and taxpayers millions of dollars,” Coakley said when the pleas were entered. “With this resolution, these individuals will be barred from working in the public health sector again. The corresponding settlement returned $20 million back taxpayers, one of the largest Medicaid restitution amounts in the Commonwealth’s history.”
Superior Court Judge Kathe Tuttman sentenced each of the defendants to four years of probation, and none of them can be involved in any Massachusetts healthcare program or any Medicaid or Medicare program except as a patient. Calloway has severed relationships with these former officers as part of the agreement.
How the kickbacks worked
According to Coakley, Calloway set up straw companies – JAC Resources, Inc. and MJK & Associates, LLC, between 2005 and 2007. Levitan, Cavanaugh, and sober home employee Maragioglio paid bribes through these companies and a corresponding bank account to induce sober homes to order drug screens from Calloway. (The bribes are called kickbacks because the money for the bribes came from the drug tests that MassHealth paid Calloway to perform.) The lab then made inappropriate payments to Maragioglio, former owner and manager of New England Transitions, and to Kelli Ann Cavanaugh, the sister of Patrick Cavanaugh and a former manager of New England Transitions, a group of sober houses, Coakley explained.
“These allegations point to a scheme that is a blatant abuse of taxpayer dollars through the Commonwealth’s Medicaid program, which provides vital services to children, low-income families and people with disabilities, and others in need of quality, affordable health care,” said Massachusetts Medicaid Director Julian Harris, M.D. in March, when the settlement with Calloway was reached. “We are thankful to Attorney General Coakley and her staff for securing a $20 million payment. We will continue to actively partner with the Attorney General to prevent fraud, so that we can protect the people who depend on Medicaid services and the taxpayers who support our programs.”
The agreement was the seventh settlement resulting from the industry-wide investigation by Coakley’s Medicaid Fraud Division in to urine drug tests billed to the state Medicaid program. So far, the state has recovered $30 million in restitution.
Another “intricate scheme” to be tried soon
In a similar case, Punyamurtula Kishore, M.D. and three other defendants will go on trial in February for allegedly bilking MassHealth of almost $3.8 million, in what Coakley’s office calls an “intricate scheme” involving drug testing, sober homes, and his Preventive Medicine Associates (PMA).
According to Coakley, Kishore used various bribes or kickbacks to persuade sober house owners to require residents to submit urine tests at least three times per week. The tests were performed by PMA’s office laboratories, then billed to MassHealth, which pays $100 to $200 for such screens. Also charged in the case were Carl Smith, manager of New Horizon House, John Coughlin, president of Gianna’s House, and Thomas Leonard, part owner and manager of Marshall House—all for receiving kickbacks.
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Punyamurtula Kishore MD aka Mad Dog Millionaire has been suspended effective immediately from several Boston and greater Boston Hospitals for sexual misconduct with male patients,check MA registry of Med. for order. On July 31, 2012 Mad Dog admitted himself to Mcleans Hospital in Belmont ,MA for sex addiction and erectile dysfunction. (his penis is hard all the time) Upon discharge from Mcleans MAD DOG will be referred and admitted to a 45 day residential inpatient treatment program. Upon discharge from residential program , MAD DOG will be ordered by the court and his pretrial probation officer to attend SEX and Love Addictions Anonymous , one on one counseling psychotherapy groups and complete compliance with medication treatment plan. He must also register as a Level 1 sex offender.
ReplyDeleteSumyiaa GbomeneAugust 30, 2015 at 9:16 PM
ReplyDeleteMAD DOG MILLIONAIRE a.k.a. Punyamurtula Kishore MD, is a QUACK.
Punyamurtula S. Kishore, M.D a.k.a. MAD DOG MILLIONAIRE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED
Massachusetts Board Discipline.
This section includes final disciplinary actions taken by the Board.
Date4/9/2014Case #2014-014Action Summary Suspension.
Date9/19/2012Case #2010-025Action Reprimand, Fine, Continuing Medical Education, Community Service Instrument Final Decision and Order Fine $2,500.00
MAD DOG MILLIONAIRE a.k.a. Punyamurtula Kishore MD, Patients Die of Improper Care Protocols!!!!
Many of Dr. Punyamurtula Kishore's patients have died because of improper treatment and care methods. This Quack doctor ("Hitler"of Medical Genocide) should not be allowed to practice medicine anywhere. Preventive Medicine Associates, formerly Addiction medicine Associates was a Death Camp (The Holocaust for Drug Addicts and Alcoholics, "Auschwitz" in Brookline, MA) I worked at his Brookline office and witness the death of many patients. Dr. Kishore should be arrested, arraigned and prosecuted for 1st. degree murder or manslaughter.
Dr. Punyamurtula Kishore was reprimanded, fined $2,500 and required to perform 50 hours of Board-approved community service and to complete additional continuing professional development credits. He was found to have inappropriately filed four Temporary Involuntary Hospitalization Applications for the purpose of drug treatment and drug testing. Dr. Kishore is a 1975 graduate of Andhra Medical College in India. He specializes in Addiction Medicine and has NOT been licensed in Massachusetts TO PRACTICE Addiction medicine !!!!!!!!!!!!!
, in what Coakley’s office calls an “intricate scheme” involving drug testing, sober homes, and his Preventive Medicine Associates (PMA).
According to Coakley, Kishore used various bribes or kickbacks to persuade sober house owners to require residents to submit urine tests at least three times per week. The tests were performed by PMA’s office laboratories, then billed to MassHealth, which pays $100 to $200 for such screens. Also charged in the case were Carl Smith, manager of New Horizon House, John Coughlin, president of Gianna’s House, and Thomas Leonard, part owner and manager of Marshall House—all for receiving kickbacks.
MAD DOG a.k.a Punymurtula Kidhore MD and Lil Dog a.k.a. Carl Smith L.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 MD aka MAD DOG MILLIONAIRE is a liar and a fraud. There has never been a National Library of Addictions or a Amerixcan College of Addiction Medicine in Massachusetts or anywhere in the United States, except on paper.
ReplyDeleteThe 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 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
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 has been suspended effective immediately from several Boston and greater Boston Hospitals for sexual misconduct with male patients,check MA registry of Med. for order. On July 31, 2012 Mad Dog admitted himself to Mcleans Hospital in Belmont ,MA for sex addiction and erectile dysfunction. (his penis is hard all the time) Upon discharge from Mcleans MAD DOG will be referred and admitted to a 45 day residential inpatient treatment program. Upon discharge from residential progrm , MAD DOG will be ordered by the court and his pretrial probation officer to attend SEX and Love Addictions Anonymous , one on one counseling psychotherapy groups and complete compliance with medication treatment plan. He must also register as a Level 1 sex offender.
ReplyDeleteTerrorist ,Third World Assassin and Public Enemy , MAD DOG a.k.a. Punyamurtula Kishore MD
ReplyDeleteTerrorist ,Third World Assassin and Public Enemy
Indian Doctor Steals $9 Million from U.S. Taxpayers: Gets 1 Year in Jail
Indian Doctor Steals $9 Million from U.S. Taxpayers: Gets 1 Year in Jail
Dr Punyamurtula Kishore - in healthcare, the criminals hide in plain sight
Dr 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?
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.
This Fool Punyamurtula Kishore MD aka MAD DOG was never licensed by Mass. Dept of Public Health to practice Addiction Medicine. Punyamurtula Kishore MD aka MAD Dog Millionaire is a fraud , , The American College of Addiction Medicine and the National Library of Addiction has never existed except on paper. Punyamurtula Kishore has been indicted by 3 Grand Juries for Medical Insurance Fraud , bribery and giving out and receiving kickbacks.He was involved in Corruption when he was the Medical Director at the Massachusetts Dept. of Correction , Martha Eliot Health Ctr , Roxbury Comprehensive Health Ctr. and his possess 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 Medicine 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
ReplyDeleteMAD DOG MILLIONAIRE a.k.a. Punyamurtula Kishore MD, MASS. REGISTERED LEVEL 1 SEX OFFENDER
ReplyDeleteMAD DOG MILLIONAIRE a.k.a. Punyamurtula Kishore MD 2020 is not a Bi-sexual, he is a Tri-sexual, because he will try almost anything for sexual gratification. He has had sex with his former employees, both male and female. I will be amazed if his wife Sheela Gurbani MD and his Mistress Sundra Punjadi (that sexy ass girl from India) do not have S.T.D.s . He paid me to have sex with her while he watched and made a Video. This Dude is a cold blooded sex freak. He will have a lot of fun in Massachusetts State Prisons.
Punyamurtula Kishore MD aka Mad Dog Millionaire has been suspended effective immediately from several Boston and greater Boston Hospitals for sexual misconduct with male patients, check MA registry of Med. for order. On July 31, 2012 Mad Dog admitted himself to Mcleans Hospital in Belmont , MA for sex addiction and erectile dysfunction. (his penis is hard all the time) Upon discharge from Mcleans MAD DOG will be referred and admitted to a 45 day residential inpatient treatment program. Upon discharge from residential progrm , MAD DOG will be ordered by the court and his pretrial probation officer to attend Sex and Love Addictions Anonymous , 1 on 1 counseling, psychotherapy groups and complete compliance with medication treatment plan. He must also register as a Level 1 sex offender.
MAD DOG MILLIONAIRE a.k.a. Punyamurtula Kishore MD, is a QUACK.
ReplyDeletePatients Die of Improper Medical Treatment and Care Protocols!!!!
Many of Dr. Punyamurtula Kishore s patients have died because of improper treatment and care methods. This Quack MD ( Hitler of Medical Genocide ) should not be allowed to practice medicine anywhere. Preventive Medicine Associates, formerly Addiction medicine Associates was a DEATH CAMP (The Holocaust for Drug Addicts and Alcoholics, Auschwitz in Brookline, MA) I worked at his Brookline office and witness the death of many patients. Dr. Kishore should be arrested, arraigned and prosecuted for 1st. degree murder or manslaughter.
MAD DOG MILLIONAIRE aka PUNYAMURTULA KISHORE MD TRIAL DATE April 2014
Punyamurtula Kishore, M.D. and three other defendants will go on trial in April 2014 for Medical Insurance
Fraud.
Dr. Punyamurtula Kishore was reprimanded, fined $2,500 and required to perform 50 hours of Board-approved community service and to complete additional continuing professional development credits. He was found to have inappropriately filed four Temporary Involuntary Hospitalization Applications for the purpose of drug treatment and drug testing. Dr. Kishore is a 1975 graduate of Andhra Medical College in India. He specializes in Addiction Medicine and has been licensed in Massachusetts since 1978
MAD DOG aka PUNYAMURTULA KISHORE MD 2020 TRIAL DATE
Punyamurtula Kishore, M.D. and three other defendants will go on trial in April 2014 for allegedly bilking MassHealth of almost $20 million, in what Coakley’s office calls an “intricate scheme” involving drug testing, sober homes, and his Preventive Medicine Associates (PMA).
According to Coakley, Kishore used various bribes or kickbacks to persuade sober house owners to require residents to submit urine tests at least three times per week. The tests were performed by PMA’s office laboratories, then billed to MassHealth, which pays $100 to $200 for such screens. Also charged in the case were Carl Smith, manager of New Horizon House, John Coughlin, president of Gianna’s House, and Thomas Leonard, part owner and manager of Marshall House—all for receiving kickbacks.
MAD DOG a.k.a Punymurtula Kidhore MD and Lil Dog a.k.a. Carl Smith L.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 MISERY !!!!!!!!