The FBI is asking for the public’s aid in acquiring further victims of a Hoffman Estates medical doctor who was indicted on 13 counts of overall health care fraud right after allegedly bilking Medicaid and a number of overall health care applications out of practically $800,000, officials mentioned.

A internet site and on line questionnaire have been produced to determine any much more victims of Dr. Mona Ghosh, according to a statement from FBI spokesperson Siobhan Johnson.

Ghosh is a licensed doctor who owned and operated Progressive Women’s Healthcare in Hoffman Estates and was indicted earlier this month, the statement mentioned.

Ghosh is alleged to have defrauded a number of overall health care advantage applications, like Medicaid, for solutions that have been not offered as billed.

She allegedly submitted false claims for healthcare procedures such as endometrial ablation and solutions such as laboratory testing that have been not medically required and/or in no way rendered, Johnson mentioned in the statement. These incorporated claims for purported telemedicine visits when Ghosh did not speak to the patient, claims for workplace visits and procedures when Ghosh did not see the patient, and claims for procedures predicated on false diagnosis, the FBI mentioned.

“Targeting government and private overall health care applications relied on by the public to keep their properly-getting is a significant crime,” Acting U.S. Lawyer Morris Pasqual mentioned in a statement. “In addition to submitting false claims, the allegation that defendant performed medically unnecessary procedures to enrich herself is especially disturbing. This workplace will continue to function closely with our law enforcement partners to prosecute these who steal from overall health care applications and who needlessly place individuals at danger.”

The FBI believes there may well be quite a few much more victims, Johnson mentioned in the statement, adding that victims may well be eligible for specific solutions and restitution.

Prospective victims are urged to check out https://www.fbi.gov/MonaGhoshInvestigation to see if they are eligible.