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A Kailua doctor is expected to admit in federal court that he billed Medicare, Medicaid, HMSA and TRICARE, the health care benefit program for military service members, nearly $1 million for services he never provided and agree to pay back the money he collected.
Federal prosecutors filed papers in U.S. District Court on Thursday charging Sung S. Yang with health care fraud. The crime is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine.
In addition to practicing out of his Kailua office, Yang operates outpatient clinics in Waikiki and Waipahu.
The government says Yang billed Medicare, Medicaid, HMSA and TRICARE $977,000 between 2011 and last year for services he never provided his insured patients and collected $253,419 on those claims.
The court has not yet scheduled a date for Yang’s expected guilty plea.