Long Island doctor admits ordering unnecessary brain scans in $900K fraud scheme

A Long Island doc has admitted to ordering medically unnecessary encephalon scans successful a astir $900,000 fraud strategy that lasted for implicit six years, prosecutors said Friday.

Dr. Kenneth Fishberger, of East Setauket, pleaded blameworthy Thursday to 1 number of conspiracy to perpetrate wellness attraction fraud.

The 75-year-old internist, who has been a licensed aesculapian doc successful New York for astir 5 decades, was charged successful national tribunal successful Boston for his alleged relation successful the strategy connected Oct. 23.

Prosecutors accidental Fishberger received amerciable payments successful speech for ordering transcranial doppler scans, oregon TCD scans, of patients who were falsely diagnosed. TCD scans are diagnostic tests utilized to measure humor travel successful parts of the brain.

According to investigators, Fishberger conspired with different radical — including a salesperson and a main for a mobile aesculapian diagnostics institution — “to bid hundreds of medically unnecessary TCD scans successful speech for kickbacks.”

Fishberger would get paid astir $100 per test, prosecutors said.

The scheme, which lasted from June 2013 until December 2019, resulted successful fraudulent bills of implicit $890,000 to Medicare and backstage security companies.

Fishberger is scheduled to beryllium sentenced connected Feb. 25, 2025. He faces up to 10 years successful prison, 3 years of supervised merchandise and a good of up to $250,000.