Dr. Aubrey Camacho, an obstetrician in Georgia, made his living ripping off Medicaid. To get higher reimbursement, Camacho billed Medicaid for Caesarean deliveries when he performed vaginal deliveries. He billed for patients who didn’t even know who he was and for seeing patients when he was not in the office. He also billed Medicaid for sonograms that were not provided or were not medically necessary, including 92 sonograms for one patient.

Attorney General Baker stated, “Our office continues to uncover cases where medical providers are stealing from the Medicaid program because they think they are too smart to get caught. Today is proof of the error in that thinking. I will continue to vigorously prosecute those who would steal from state taxpayers to line their own pockets. When my office catches theses corrupt individuals, we will do more than just put them out of business. We will put them in jail.”

The Consequences

Camacho was sentenced to 5 years in prison, followed by 5 years probation, and restitution of over $1 million and 500 hours of community service. Camacho agreed to surrender his medical license and is banished from the Georgia Medicaid program.

Souces: Georgia Attorney General Press Release Oct 15, 2002