Ehigiator Akhigbe - Miscellaneous

Ehigiator Akhigbe - Miscellaneous

ACTIONS TAKEN:

Suspension - 7/28/2011

BOARD AWARE OF ISSUE:

AG petition following conviction - 9/2010        

ACTION BY OTHER STATES:

VA - Suspension 4/2010

DC - Suspension 3/2010         

QUOTES FROM DISCIPLINARY ACTION DOCUMENTS:

--“The Board determined that the physician pled guilty to a crime of moral turpitude (health care fraud and false statements in Health Care Matters), therefore, was subject to a mandatory suspension.”

--Convicted by a federal jury in Washington, D.C. on one count of health care fraud and 16 counts of false statements in health care matters in December 2009

--“Dr. Akhigbe submitted bills to Amerigroup for a high level of office visits that often involved surgical or invasive medical procedures that were never performed.”    

TIME LAG ON ACTION:  

10 MONTHS