Naples physician charged with Medicare fraud gives up license; enters guilty plea

A Naples physician charged last summer in authorizing fraudulent billing of $2.6 million to Medicare has given up his license to practice in Florida and entered a guilty plea in federal court, records show.

Dr. Omar Saleh, 37, voluntarily relinquished his state medical license in early December to the state Board of Medicine which was finalized Dec. 28, according to state records.

In separate action in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Saleh entered a guilty plea for participating in a scheme where he received kickbacks in exchange for signing doctors’ orders for genetic testing that were medically unnecessary and sent to two Texas laboratories.

He will be sentenced April 20 in U.S. District Court in Miami and remains out on bond, court records show. Sentencing is before U.S. District Court Judge Beth Bloom.

Source: Naples physician charged with Medicare fraud gives up license; enters guilty plea / Naples Daily News

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