July 11, 2013 4:43 pm •
ST. LOUIS • A doctor from University City was sentenced to 366 days in federal prison Thursday for overbilling Medicare and Medicaid, prosecutors said.
Dr. Wit A. Jamry, 62, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court here in February to a health care fraud charge and admitted that from 2007-11, he and his practice billed $26,227 for his time while he was actually out of town or out of the country. Some of the work was performed by a nurse practitioner while Jamry was in Atlanta, Poland and Mexico.
Jamry also billed over $92,773 for patient visits lasting more than an hour when there was no evidence to show that he or his nurse practitioner had spent that amount of time, prosecutors say.
Jamry faced 12 to 18 months in prison under federal guidelines.
He and his company, Dr. Wit-Internal Medicine Professional Geriatric, P.C., were ordered to repay $119,000 and Jamry was fined $30,000.
At the time of his plea, Jamry was an adjunct associate professor at St. Louis University Medical School’s Division of Geriatrics and practiced at St. Luke’s Hospital and Des Peres Hospital.
University City doctor gets year in prison for health care fraud : News
ST. LOUIS • A doctor from University City was sentenced to 366 days in federal prison Thursday for overbilling Medicare and Medicaid, prosecutors said.
Dr. Wit A. Jamry, 62, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court here in February to a health care fraud charge and admitted that from 2007-11, he and his practice billed $26,227 for his time while he was actually out of town or out of the country. Some of the work was performed by a nurse practitioner while Jamry was in Atlanta, Poland and Mexico.
Jamry also billed over $92,773 for patient visits lasting more than an hour when there was no evidence to show that he or his nurse practitioner had spent that amount of time, prosecutors say.
Jamry faced 12 to 18 months in prison under federal guidelines.
He and his company, Dr. Wit-Internal Medicine Professional Geriatric, P.C., were ordered to repay $119,000 and Jamry was fined $30,000.
At the time of his plea, Jamry was an adjunct associate professor at St. Louis University Medical School’s Division of Geriatrics and practiced at St. Luke’s Hospital and Des Peres Hospital.
University City doctor gets year in prison for health care fraud : News
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