A Madison County doctor pleaded guilty to a federal healthcare fraud charge for falsely documenting services provided to nursing home patients in order to collect reimbursement from Medicare.
According to court documents, Dr. Phillip J. Greene, 59, of Edwardsville, was employed by General Medicine and working at various nursing home locations throughout the Southern District of Illinois and was an enrolled provider in the federal Medicare program.
The criminal complaint alleged Greene documented services and progress notes for nursing home patients that he did not perform, including claims related to patients who were already dead at the time he supposedly provided service.
In all, Greene submitted false claims to Medicare totaling more than $20,000 from October 2016 through September 2018. He and General Medicine were reimbursed more than $15,000.