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On Dec. 20, 2016 every room in both his home and office were raided by the FBI. There were no formal charges stated at the time Dr. Ahmed H. Kafaji (pictured, right) posed the question: what exactly am I being accused of? The FBI dropped the case recently in its entirety. According to rumors, patients that had been arrested for possession of drugs claimed they were getting prescriptions from Dr. Kafaji. The doctor says this was only rumor and he had heard that as well.
The only thing he was told about this case by investigators was that it was based on information that was given to them. Dr. Kafaji really has no idea what the basis was, or who would have made these allegations to the FBI. The FBI ran a thorough investigation regarding narcotics and how he runs his office. This included: prescriptions and specifically how they are prescribed, what occurs during a typical work day, how money and payments are handled, and how insurance companies are billed. They also looked into whether Dr. Kafaji had ever had any suspicious insurance claims, charges filed against him, and whether he has ever gone to court for anything. The answer to these questions are: no, none and never.
The FBI asked Medicare to “look for overcharges,” in 20 patient charts that were sent for review. The charts in question were regarding individual patients whose claims Dr. Kafaji had submitted. Per Dr. Kafaji, Medicare came back and said 11 were not billed enough; and they were undercharged. Seven of the charts had nothing wrong with them and were subsequently reported as such by Medicare
Additionally, the FBI asked the medical board to investigate for abuse of over-prescribing; in particular: pain management prescription drugs. Upon the medical board’s investigation, they came back and said that nothing had been found per Dr. Kafaji. No disciplinary action has ever been taken against Dr. Kafaji, nor do authorities plan on taking any.
http://www.thebaynet.com/articles/0918/fedsdropinvestigationafterdestroyingdoctorslife.html
The only thing he was told about this case by investigators was that it was based on information that was given to them. Dr. Kafaji really has no idea what the basis was, or who would have made these allegations to the FBI. The FBI ran a thorough investigation regarding narcotics and how he runs his office. This included: prescriptions and specifically how they are prescribed, what occurs during a typical work day, how money and payments are handled, and how insurance companies are billed. They also looked into whether Dr. Kafaji had ever had any suspicious insurance claims, charges filed against him, and whether he has ever gone to court for anything. The answer to these questions are: no, none and never.
The FBI asked Medicare to “look for overcharges,” in 20 patient charts that were sent for review. The charts in question were regarding individual patients whose claims Dr. Kafaji had submitted. Per Dr. Kafaji, Medicare came back and said 11 were not billed enough; and they were undercharged. Seven of the charts had nothing wrong with them and were subsequently reported as such by Medicare
Additionally, the FBI asked the medical board to investigate for abuse of over-prescribing; in particular: pain management prescription drugs. Upon the medical board’s investigation, they came back and said that nothing had been found per Dr. Kafaji. No disciplinary action has ever been taken against Dr. Kafaji, nor do authorities plan on taking any.
http://www.thebaynet.com/articles/0918/fedsdropinvestigationafterdestroyingdoctorslife.html
