Natick psychiatrist accused of billing Medicare, private insurance companies for more than $10M

[TexasTowelie]

Natick psychiatrist accused of billing Medicare, private insurance companies for more than $10 million in treatments he did not provide


Gustavo Kinrys, a Natick psychiatrist, is accused of billing Medicare and private insurance companies more than $10 million in treatments he did not provide and then lying to investigators in an attempt to conceal his misdeeds, according to the federal authorities.

“Fraud in the Medicare system is a persistent, long-term problem,” U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling said. “Physicians who defraud the system are taking dollars that could otherwise be used to support patient health. We will continue to prioritize these cases.”

Kinrys, a 49-year-old Wellesley resident, was indicted on seven counts of wire fraud, six counts of false statements relating to health care matters, one count of falsification of documents and one count of obstructing a criminal health care investigation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The alleged crimes occurred between January 2015 and December 2018.

A licensed psychiatrist Kinrys, owned and operated Advanced TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) Associates in Natick and Framingham according to their website that has since been removed. TMS therapy is a noninvasive method of brain stimulation that uses rapidly alternating or pulsed magnetic fields to induce electrical currents directed at a patient’s cerebral cortex.

Read more: https://www.masslive.com/boston/2020/12/natick-psychiatrist-accused-of-billing-medicare-private-insurance-companies-for-more-than-10-million-in-treatments-he-did-not-provide.html