Nurse admits to $4.4M health care fraud scheme

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A REGISTERED NURSE and nurse practitioner admitted in federal court to fraudulently billing commercial health insurers and Medicare nearly $4.4 million for services in Rhode Island and other states that he never performed. AP FILE PHOTO/J. DAVID AKE
PROVIDENCE – A registered nurse and nurse practitioner who fraudulently billed commercial health insurers and Medicare nearly $4.4 million for services in Rhode Island and other states that he never provided pleaded guilty on Wednesday to federal fraud charges and other offenses. Alexander A. Istomin, 56, admitted that he routinely submitted fraudulent claims for in-person…

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