Industry Note:
Hospice Medical Director Indicted In Philly
Published on Wed Aug 08, 2012
Hospice medical directors are not out of reach of the long arm of the law. Last fall, Matthew Kolodesh, owner of Philadelphia's Home Care Hospice Inc., was charged with Medicare fraud. Now HCH medical director Eugene Goldman has been charged with receiving kickbacks from the hospice.HCH paid Goldman nearly $230,000 over four years for referring patients, but disguised the payments as being for legitimate medical director services, the Department of Justice charges in a release. The physician solicited kickback payments, the indictment alleges.HCH hospice director Alex Pugman also has been indicted, the DOJ adds.Goldman'Ss wife, Svetlana Ganetsky is being sentenced next month after pleading guilty to obstruction, reports WBNS-TV. Pugman has pled guilty, the TV station adds.