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Vohra Wound Physicians Accused of Massive Medicare Fraud Scheme
Vohra Wound Physicians Management LLC, its founder, Dr. Ameet Vohra, and VHS Holdings P.A. are accused of submitting thousands of false Medicare claims, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced April 4.
The office said Vohra falsely billed Medicare for surgical wound procedures that were either unnecessary or not performed.
According to the office, citing the complaint, Vohra’s custom software automatically billed all debridement treatments as high-paying surgical procedures, omitting options for less intensive care.
The office explained that the system added fake clinical language to support billing, even when physicians performed routine cleanings.
Vohra’s physicians lacked wound care training and were misled into relying on the automated coding system, the office said.
According to the office, physicians were pressured to meet revenue-based quotas for surgical procedures and faced discipline for noncompliance.
The office confirmed that Vohra submitted more than 165,000 claims involving at least nine surgical removals of unwanted material from the same wound.
The office said such repeated billing contradicted accepted medical standards and federal guidelines.
Vohra avoided billing facilities directly by falsely coding services to qualify for Medicare reimbursement, the office added.
The office reported that Vohra collected more than $300 million in company distributions between 2019 and 2023.
“This office is committed to protecting our nation’s seniors and the important federal programs that support them,” said U.S. Attorney Hayden O’Byrne for the Southern District of Florida.
“When providers seek to misappropriate public funds for private gain, we will work with our partners to pursue those responsible.”
The claims asserted in the government’s complaint are allegations only, and there has been no determination of liability.
SOURCES
1.) https://www.newsbreak.com/tysonomo-multimedia-1824492/3951711645375-vohra-wound-care-accused-of-medicare-fraud-in-nationwide-billing-scheme
2.) https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/united-states-files-false-claims-act-complaint-against-vohra-wound-physicians
Facing a tough reelection in battleground Georgia, Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff raised $11 million in the first quarter of 2025, according to his campaign, which shared the totals first with POLITICO.
Ossoff’s campaign said the haul is the most ever raised by an incumbent in the first quarter of an off-year. POLITICO was unable to identify any Senate campaign that had raised more in an equivalent quarter.
“I’m grateful to the hundreds of thousands of record-shattering supporters who have already joined what will be the biggest and most relentless turnout effort in Georgia history,” the 38-year-old first-term senator said in a statement.
According to the campaign, Ossoff’s average donation during the quarter was $32, coming from 260,000 individual donors and over 155,000 first-time donors. Donations came in from 156 of the state’s 159 counties.
The early fundraising haul is a show of force that could serve to keep some potential GOP challengers on the sideline, though the $11 million is certain to be only a drop in the bucket of the expected overall spending. Georgia’s 2022 Senate race won by Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock saw more than $515 million spent by campaigns and outside groups, according to OpenSecrets.
The Republican nomination in the Peach State will hang on the decision of Gov. Brian Kemp, who remains undecided. A number of other Republicans have expressed interest in the race but have stipulated that they would only run if Kemp does not.
Ossoff is among only a handful of vulnerable Democratic incumbents seeking reelection, with New Hampshire’s Jeanne Shaheen and Michigan’s Gary Peters deciding not to run. Ossoff is already campaigning, hosting an Atlanta rally in late March featuring Warnock.
Georgia’s 2022 Senate race was the most expensive of the cycle, and in four races from 2020 to 2022, $1.4 billion was poured into the state by campaigns, super PACs and other outside groups, per a New York Times analysis .
President Donald Trump carried the state by roughly two points in November , and Republicans already view the state as a top priority in the midterms.
Source:
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/07/jon-ossoff-fundaising-record-georgia-senate-00273961
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