ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM GEORGIA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL SAM OLENS , KATHY MANSFIELD, A THOMASTON PEDIATRICIAN AND OWNER OF PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATES OF THOMASTON. PLED GUILTY WEDNESDAY TO ONE COUNT OF MEDICAID FRAUD FOR INTENTIONALLY OVERBILLING THE MEDICAID PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY $537,428. FROM 2003 TO 2007, DR. MANSFIELD BILLED MEDICAID FOR THE SYNAGIS, A DRUG USED TO PREVENT SEVERE LOWER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN, FOR SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER AMOUNTS OF THE DRUG THAN SHE ACTUALLY PURCHASED AND USED ON PATIENTS IN HER CLINIC. DESPITE THE STATE’S RECOMMENDATION FOR INCARCERATION, THE JUDGE IMPOSED A SENTENCE OF TEN YEARS ON PROBATION, RESTITUTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $537,428, A $10,000 FINE AND INVESTIGATIVE COSTS TO BE REPAID TO THE STATE IN THE AMOUNT OF $5000. ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL VICTORIA KIZITO, WHO IS ASSIGNED TO THE GEORGIA MEDICAID FRAUD CONTROL UNIT, PROSECUTED MANSFIELD ON BEHALF OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
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