On June 10, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement against a Northridge doctor accused of submitting false claims to Medicare and Medi-Cal for drugs, procedures, services and tests that were never administered. Per the settlement, Dr. Kochumian committed to pay more than $9.48 million. The state of California’s share of that is $630,099, plus accrued interest.
Oct. 28 is National Internal Medicine Day. Dr. Kochumian is an internal medicine practitioner who owned and operated a medical clinic located in Northridge, California, according to the announcement.
The case, U.S. and State of CA ex rel., Oganesyan, et al. v. Minas Kochumian, Minas Kochumian, M.D., a Medical Corporation,
