Seal Beach Doctor Keyvan Amirikhorheh Pleads Guilty To Participating In $8.4M Healthcare Fraud Scheme

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A Seal Beach doctor pleaded guilty Wednesday to participating in a scheme to submit $8.4 million in fraudulent claims to Medi-Cal.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 61-year-old Dr. Keyvan Amirikhorheh, who worked as a physician at Los Angeles Community Clinic, and four others made $6.6 million from bogus claims submitted to the Family Planning, Access, Care and Treatment program for family planning services, diagnostic testing and prescriptions for nonexistent patients.

As part of the plea, Amirikhorheh agreed not to dispute the revocation of his medical license. He also agreed that he would not attempt reinstatement of that license for at least five years.

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