North Texas Doctor Clay Cockerell And His Clinic Accused Of Racking Up $4.2 Million In Fake Claims

Dallas TX

23 March, 2021

11:37 AM

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CBS Dallas/Fort Worth March 23, 2021 The Department of Justice has filed suit against a North Texas dermatopathologist and his clinic, claiming they submitted more than $4 million in fraudulent claims. A False Claims Act lawsuit has been filed against Dr. Clay Cockerell, and Cockerell Dermatopathology. According to allegations in a civil complaint, Cockerell knowingly permitted a laboratory management company to use his clinic's lab license to submit false claims to federal health insurance programs, including TRICARE, for medically unnecessary tests. Read more at CBS Dallas/Fort Worth