Late Ark. doctor could be guilty of $14.7M Medicare fraud

Had Dr. Stacey Johnson of Mountain Home not died earlier this year at age 63, he likely would have been charged with overbilling Medicare by $14.7 million, according to a criminal investigator’s affidavit recently made public. The amount would be the largest Medicare fraud in the state's history, according to Arkansas Business.

Johnson had been a staff member of Baxter Regional Medical Center until he lost his license in 2009, according to the article.

His license was pulled by the Arkansas State Medical Board for recklessly running too many tests on patients. Last month, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Arkansas filed a civil suit in an attempt to seize Johnson's ex-wife's Mountain Home mansion, which was allegedly purchashed using the proceeds of the Medicare fraud. The ex-wife, Cynthia Johnson, paid $600,000 on Oct. 4 to settle the lawsuit and keep the property, according to the report.

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