DOJ: Scottsdale Physicians Group may have ‘upcoded’ and ‘improperly admitted’ patients


A prominent Valley doctor was hailed as a “health care hero” during the pandemic, but now his companies are in bankruptcy and the Department of Justice is accusing them of unnecessarily admitting patients to a Scottsdale hospital and submitting false billing claims to Medicare.

Dr. Nima Ghadimi founded Scottsdale Physicians Group, as well as SPG Hospice and United Telehealth. Court documents show the doctor, or his family’s trust, owned 100% of all three companies.

From the outside, Ghadimi…

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