Plastic Surgeon, Affiliates Pay $23.9 Million to Settle False Claim Allegations

A plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, his son, several medical practices and a billing company have agreed to pay $23.9 million to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to both Medicare and Medicaid.

The settlement resolves allegations that Dr. Joel Aronowitz, his medical corporation and his son Daniel Aronowitz falsified the place of service for skin grafts and billed multiple times for single-use skin substitute products.

Tower Multi-Specialty Medical Group, Tower Wound Care Center of Santa Monica, Inc., Tower Outpatient Surgery Center, Inc. and Tower Medical Billing Solutions were all also named as entities that falsified the place of service and fraudulent billing.

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