03-03-2009, 05:59 AM
Be very careful of FMG-affordable. Barry Mehta the director and husband of Dr. Charu Mehta has at least one conviction in the state of Maryland for Medicaid Fraud. They started a nursing home using Dr. Mehta's license and Barry ran it. He then defrauded the state of millions. He was convicted and "BARRED PERMANENTLY" from being in the nursing home business in Maryland. (See the Attorney General's press release link below).
They then started another SCAM (FMG-affordable) to get "easy money" from FMG's.
DO NOT trust these people because they are Indians and you are too. They are greedy, dishonest and unscrupulous. The only thing they care about is getting your money into their pockets.
If you really are interested in stopping the Mehtas and FMG-affordable, then you should complain to the US Gov't (US POST OFFICE) about MAIL FRAUD because ALL TRANSACTIONS USING REGULAR/SURFACE MAIL, eMAILS and COURIOR SERVICES and ORIGINATING or ENDING IN THE US are under the jurisdiction of the POST OFFICE.
START THERE, YOU'LL GET FASTER RESULTS.
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boi_crazy - 04/14/08 08:23
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doc_0909 - 03/28/07 09:34
http://www.oag.state.md.us/Press/2002/1007a02.htm
http://www.oag.state.md.us/Press/2003/0109a03.htm
This place is totally commercial and dubious.
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boi_crazy - 04/14/08 08:24
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boi_crazy - 03/28/07 14:53
to usaforusa
if it's ok to write glowing posts about this person in order to boost their business and their exists positive proof about pass illegal activity by the firms director, why should it not be made public?
i see nothing wrong with letting potential customers know that he was convicted of fraud, because it is public record.
if you don't want that knowledge revealed on this forum, then don't use this forum in the guise of a niave/innocent looking for info to generate publicity. it can backfire as it did in this case.
the truth is the truth.
deal with it.
by the way, i already email the AGs office.
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boi_crazy - 04/14/08 08:25
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guriyah - 03/28/07 09:41
I found this on internet. Guys be very careful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For Immediate Release
October 7, 2002 Contact: Sean Caine, 410-576-6357
COLUMBIA STOCK BROKER PLEADS GUILTY
TO STEALING $125,000 FROM MEDICAID
Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr., announced today that a Columbia stock broker has pled guilty to one count of felony Medicaid fraud for stealing $125,000 from the Maryland Medical Assistance program (Medicaid). Barry Mehta, of the 5500 block of Oakland Mills Road, entered a guilty plea before the Honorable Robert N. Dugan in Baltimore County Circuit Court for his actions while operating Family Home Center (FHC), an adult day care center located at 5550 Baltimore National Pike. FHC provided medical care and rehabilitative services to eligible Medicaid recipients from 1993 until 2000. Mehta will be sentenced on January 8, 2003.
Mehta owned and operated Family Home Center from 1993 to 2000. During the seven year period that his facility was open, Mehta systematically billed the State for clients who were not actually present. The employees of FHC were required by Mehta to take client attendance on a daily basis. As part of that process, they recorded the status of each client. Mehta instructed employees on a daily basis to add an average of two names to the list of present clients. Mehta then used the attendance sheets to complete the invoices that were sent to Medicaid for payment.
One example of the fraudulent billing scheme involved a patient Suniti C., an elderly woman who was enrolled by Mehta after she began living in his house and working as her housekeeper. Suniti was occasionally absent and never attended FHC on weekends. However, Mehta instructed the witness to mark Suniti as present every day that the center was open, regardless of Suniti's presence. Medicaid billing records for Suniti reveal that FHC was paid on 101 occasions for Saturdays, and 10 more on Sundays, resulting in fraudulent proceeds to Mehta in the amount of $6,444.28.
FHC billed the Medicaid program for adult day care services provided to enrolled Medicaid recipients. In return for services provided in accordance with the relevant regulations, Medicaid would pay FHC per patient per day. That rate increased over time, but, during the time covered by the Indictment, from October 1993 to May 2000, the average amount paid per patient per day to FHC was $57.01. Medicaid regulations require that a provider bill only for services that are actually provided to eligible recipients. The amount of fraudulent billings submitted by Mehta totaled $125,000.
CPM Corporation, a company controlled by Mehta and associated with his day care center, also entered a plea of guilty to felony Medicaid fraud, and was sentenced by the court to pay a penalty of $250,000.
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guriyah - 03/28/07 09:43
Is this the same "Barry Mehta" who did this ?????? Is he the director of fmgaffordable ????
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doc_0909 - 03/28/07 09:52
Yes,check for the address in the article that I posted earlier. Its the same address as for fmgaffordable-oakland mills, columbia.
And the same last names confirm it . Charu and Barry Mehta.
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guriyah - 03/28/07 09:55
Oh God!!! that means now they have found new ways to rip poor imgs off ????????????
May God save all FMGs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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boi_crazy - 04/14/08 08:26
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boi_crazy - 03/28/07 15:03
benbin take a look at this frmom their website:
Dr. Mehta
5551 Oakland Mills Rd.
Columbia, Maryland, USA 21045
Phone: 410-
FAX: 410
and Barry Metha is listed as the Director!!!!
USA Office: Barry Mehta, Director
Phone: 410- (
Address: 5551 Oakland Mills Rd.
Mail checks to: Dr. Charu Mehta at above address
I guess she learned her lesson and now gets ythe money in her name, but she's still his cohort in this venture..
It's the same as in the Attorney General's press release:
5500 block of Oakland Mills Road,
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boi_crazy - 04/14/08 08:28
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doc_0909 - 03/28/07 09:34
http://www.oag.state.md.us/Press/2002/1007a02.htm
http://www.oag.state.md.us/Press/2003/0109a03.htm
This place is totally commercial and dubious.
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boi_crazy - 04/14/08 08:30
http://www.usmleforum.com/showthread.php?tid=253289-1
http://www.usmleforum.com/showthread.php?tid=188196
http://www.usmleforum.com/showthread.php?tid=187649
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boi_crazy - 04/14/08 08:39
NOW YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
My advice, don't pay anyone for an externship.
If you want to be in a private setting, you don't have to pay for that privilege, believe me. There are plenty of doctors that will be HAPPY to have you WORK in their office for FREE for three months.
They will do it because, it won't cost them anything and it will cut down on their workload.
If you want a hospital setting, go to FREIDA Online Search, get email addresses / phone numbers of programs and start emailing / phoning.
Just get the phone book and start calling.
Good Luck
Gotta go work and earn some money so I can afford to move for my residency.
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boi_crazy - 04/14/08 08:43
ps
I did this because these creeps turn up this time every year when FMGs are clamoring for externships.
They flood this forum with their phoney ads in the form of "innocent questions" and most of the people asking about fmgaffordable are plants who work for them.
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man_from_zenon - 02/24/09 13:04
Mr. Mehta, you are a dishonest, corrupt convicted felon http://www.oag.state.md.us/Press/2003/0109a03.htm with DOZENS of lawsuits filed against you in the last 5 years
You were found guilty of defrauding the state of Maryland in an unethical Medicaid scheme and you belong in jail.
Anyone who was cheated by Dr and Mr Mehta or FMG-affordable should read up on the number of cases he and his wife have been involved in go to http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inq...-index.jsp
Do a search Barry Mehta or Charu Mehta and match up the addresses with FMG affordable.
THEY ARE CONDUCTING BUSINESS via eMAIL AND SURFACE MAIL WHICH MAKES THEM LIABLE FOR MAIL FRAUD and JAIL TIME as opposed to fines.
GO to these sites and file a COMPLAINT with the US POST OFFICE for MAIL FRAUD. On-line :https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/forms/MailFraudComplaint.aspx
By mail: https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/radDocs/ps8165.pdf
uspis == U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the government's mail inspectors/investigators and covers mail sent electronically, by air or surface.
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man_from_zenon - 02/25/09 13:05
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dr_tia - 02/25/09 12:45
Dear dsamal,
It is important people know about them. Now is the peak season - match period. It is during and after this period that they make scapegoats of poor IMGs. also, a fresh update about fmg affordable, they ae no longer able to provide any rotation at howard county hospital..as the management of that hospital is fed up with them for illegally bringing in fmg's to that hospital to shadow physicians. So beware of their false publicity.
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man_from_zenon - 02/25/09 13:01
To forum users
Please contact forum management EVERY TIME you see a thread promoting this despicable company.
They must not be allow to hunt here for more victims.
Admin needs to take a stand. What is more important, the number of site visitors generated or ethically protecting forum users?
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man_from_zenon - 02/26/09 14:02
DO NOT BE FOOLED. There is nothing positive about these scumbags.
They are frauds and their letters are worthless.
Anyone who was cheated by Dr and Mr Mehta or FMG-affordable should read up on the number of cases he and his wife have been involved in go to http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inq...-index.jsp
Do a search Barry Mehta or Charu Mehta and match up the addresses with FMG affordable.
THEY ARE CONDUCTING BUSINESS via eMAIL AND SURFACE MAIL WHICH MAKES THEM LIABLE FOR MAIL FRAUD and JAIL TIME as opposed to fines.
GO to these sites and file a COMPLAINT with the US POST OFFICE for MAIL FRAUD.
On-line :https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/forms/MailFraudComplaint.aspx
By mail: https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/radDocs/ps8165.pdf
uspis == U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the government's mail inspectors/investigators and covers mail sent electronically, by air or surface.
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They then started another SCAM (FMG-affordable) to get "easy money" from FMG's.
DO NOT trust these people because they are Indians and you are too. They are greedy, dishonest and unscrupulous. The only thing they care about is getting your money into their pockets.
If you really are interested in stopping the Mehtas and FMG-affordable, then you should complain to the US Gov't (US POST OFFICE) about MAIL FRAUD because ALL TRANSACTIONS USING REGULAR/SURFACE MAIL, eMAILS and COURIOR SERVICES and ORIGINATING or ENDING IN THE US are under the jurisdiction of the POST OFFICE.
START THERE, YOU'LL GET FASTER RESULTS.
* Re:fmgaffordable / charu mehta/ barry mehta
#1270024
boi_crazy - 04/14/08 08:23
* Re:externship
#721573
doc_0909 - 03/28/07 09:34
http://www.oag.state.md.us/Press/2002/1007a02.htm
http://www.oag.state.md.us/Press/2003/0109a03.htm
This place is totally commercial and dubious.
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#1270027
boi_crazy - 04/14/08 08:24
* Re:externship
#721891
boi_crazy - 03/28/07 14:53
to usaforusa
if it's ok to write glowing posts about this person in order to boost their business and their exists positive proof about pass illegal activity by the firms director, why should it not be made public?
i see nothing wrong with letting potential customers know that he was convicted of fraud, because it is public record.
if you don't want that knowledge revealed on this forum, then don't use this forum in the guise of a niave/innocent looking for info to generate publicity. it can backfire as it did in this case.
the truth is the truth.
deal with it.
by the way, i already email the AGs office.
Report Abuse
* Re:fmgaffordable / charu mehta/ barry mehta
#1270028
boi_crazy - 04/14/08 08:25
* Re:externship
#721581
guriyah - 03/28/07 09:41
I found this on internet. Guys be very careful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For Immediate Release
October 7, 2002 Contact: Sean Caine, 410-576-6357
COLUMBIA STOCK BROKER PLEADS GUILTY
TO STEALING $125,000 FROM MEDICAID
Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr., announced today that a Columbia stock broker has pled guilty to one count of felony Medicaid fraud for stealing $125,000 from the Maryland Medical Assistance program (Medicaid). Barry Mehta, of the 5500 block of Oakland Mills Road, entered a guilty plea before the Honorable Robert N. Dugan in Baltimore County Circuit Court for his actions while operating Family Home Center (FHC), an adult day care center located at 5550 Baltimore National Pike. FHC provided medical care and rehabilitative services to eligible Medicaid recipients from 1993 until 2000. Mehta will be sentenced on January 8, 2003.
Mehta owned and operated Family Home Center from 1993 to 2000. During the seven year period that his facility was open, Mehta systematically billed the State for clients who were not actually present. The employees of FHC were required by Mehta to take client attendance on a daily basis. As part of that process, they recorded the status of each client. Mehta instructed employees on a daily basis to add an average of two names to the list of present clients. Mehta then used the attendance sheets to complete the invoices that were sent to Medicaid for payment.
One example of the fraudulent billing scheme involved a patient Suniti C., an elderly woman who was enrolled by Mehta after she began living in his house and working as her housekeeper. Suniti was occasionally absent and never attended FHC on weekends. However, Mehta instructed the witness to mark Suniti as present every day that the center was open, regardless of Suniti's presence. Medicaid billing records for Suniti reveal that FHC was paid on 101 occasions for Saturdays, and 10 more on Sundays, resulting in fraudulent proceeds to Mehta in the amount of $6,444.28.
FHC billed the Medicaid program for adult day care services provided to enrolled Medicaid recipients. In return for services provided in accordance with the relevant regulations, Medicaid would pay FHC per patient per day. That rate increased over time, but, during the time covered by the Indictment, from October 1993 to May 2000, the average amount paid per patient per day to FHC was $57.01. Medicaid regulations require that a provider bill only for services that are actually provided to eligible recipients. The amount of fraudulent billings submitted by Mehta totaled $125,000.
CPM Corporation, a company controlled by Mehta and associated with his day care center, also entered a plea of guilty to felony Medicaid fraud, and was sentenced by the court to pay a penalty of $250,000.
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guriyah - 03/28/07 09:43
Is this the same "Barry Mehta" who did this ?????? Is he the director of fmgaffordable ????
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#721605
doc_0909 - 03/28/07 09:52
Yes,check for the address in the article that I posted earlier. Its the same address as for fmgaffordable-oakland mills, columbia.
And the same last names confirm it . Charu and Barry Mehta.
Report Abuse
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#721611
guriyah - 03/28/07 09:55
Oh God!!! that means now they have found new ways to rip poor imgs off ????????????
May God save all FMGs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#1270029
boi_crazy - 04/14/08 08:26
* Re:externship
#721900
boi_crazy - 03/28/07 15:03
benbin take a look at this frmom their website:
Dr. Mehta
5551 Oakland Mills Rd.
Columbia, Maryland, USA 21045
Phone: 410-
FAX: 410
and Barry Metha is listed as the Director!!!!
USA Office: Barry Mehta, Director
Phone: 410- (
Address: 5551 Oakland Mills Rd.
Mail checks to: Dr. Charu Mehta at above address
I guess she learned her lesson and now gets ythe money in her name, but she's still his cohort in this venture..
It's the same as in the Attorney General's press release:
5500 block of Oakland Mills Road,
Report Abuse
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#1270031
boi_crazy - 04/14/08 08:28
* Re:externship
#721573
doc_0909 - 03/28/07 09:34
http://www.oag.state.md.us/Press/2002/1007a02.htm
http://www.oag.state.md.us/Press/2003/0109a03.htm
This place is totally commercial and dubious.
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#1270032
boi_crazy - 04/14/08 08:30
http://www.usmleforum.com/showthread.php?tid=253289-1
http://www.usmleforum.com/showthread.php?tid=188196
http://www.usmleforum.com/showthread.php?tid=187649
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boi_crazy - 04/14/08 08:39
NOW YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
My advice, don't pay anyone for an externship.
If you want to be in a private setting, you don't have to pay for that privilege, believe me. There are plenty of doctors that will be HAPPY to have you WORK in their office for FREE for three months.
They will do it because, it won't cost them anything and it will cut down on their workload.
If you want a hospital setting, go to FREIDA Online Search, get email addresses / phone numbers of programs and start emailing / phoning.
Just get the phone book and start calling.
Good Luck
Gotta go work and earn some money so I can afford to move for my residency.
Report Abuse
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#1270039
boi_crazy - 04/14/08 08:43
ps
I did this because these creeps turn up this time every year when FMGs are clamoring for externships.
They flood this forum with their phoney ads in the form of "innocent questions" and most of the people asking about fmgaffordable are plants who work for them.
Report Abuse
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#1669881
man_from_zenon - 02/24/09 13:04
Mr. Mehta, you are a dishonest, corrupt convicted felon http://www.oag.state.md.us/Press/2003/0109a03.htm with DOZENS of lawsuits filed against you in the last 5 years
You were found guilty of defrauding the state of Maryland in an unethical Medicaid scheme and you belong in jail.
Anyone who was cheated by Dr and Mr Mehta or FMG-affordable should read up on the number of cases he and his wife have been involved in go to http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inq...-index.jsp
Do a search Barry Mehta or Charu Mehta and match up the addresses with FMG affordable.
THEY ARE CONDUCTING BUSINESS via eMAIL AND SURFACE MAIL WHICH MAKES THEM LIABLE FOR MAIL FRAUD and JAIL TIME as opposed to fines.
GO to these sites and file a COMPLAINT with the US POST OFFICE for MAIL FRAUD. On-line :https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/forms/MailFraudComplaint.aspx
By mail: https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/radDocs/ps8165.pdf
uspis == U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the government's mail inspectors/investigators and covers mail sent electronically, by air or surface.
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man_from_zenon - 02/25/09 13:05
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dr_tia - 02/25/09 12:45
Dear dsamal,
It is important people know about them. Now is the peak season - match period. It is during and after this period that they make scapegoats of poor IMGs. also, a fresh update about fmg affordable, they ae no longer able to provide any rotation at howard county hospital..as the management of that hospital is fed up with them for illegally bringing in fmg's to that hospital to shadow physicians. So beware of their false publicity.
Report Abuse
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#1671090
man_from_zenon - 02/25/09 13:01
To forum users
Please contact forum management EVERY TIME you see a thread promoting this despicable company.
They must not be allow to hunt here for more victims.
Admin needs to take a stand. What is more important, the number of site visitors generated or ethically protecting forum users?
Report Abuse
* Re:fmgaffordable
#1672276
man_from_zenon - 02/26/09 14:02
DO NOT BE FOOLED. There is nothing positive about these scumbags.
They are frauds and their letters are worthless.
Anyone who was cheated by Dr and Mr Mehta or FMG-affordable should read up on the number of cases he and his wife have been involved in go to http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/inq...-index.jsp
Do a search Barry Mehta or Charu Mehta and match up the addresses with FMG affordable.
THEY ARE CONDUCTING BUSINESS via eMAIL AND SURFACE MAIL WHICH MAKES THEM LIABLE FOR MAIL FRAUD and JAIL TIME as opposed to fines.
GO to these sites and file a COMPLAINT with the US POST OFFICE for MAIL FRAUD.
On-line :https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/forms/MailFraudComplaint.aspx
By mail: https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/radDocs/ps8165.pdf
uspis == U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the government's mail inspectors/investigators and covers mail sent electronically, by air or surface.
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