Magistrate: Clinic Accused Of Fraudulent Billing Must Produce Financial Records

(December 10, 2015, 2:18 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A federal magistrate judge in New York on Dec. 3 granted State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.’s motion to compel an acupuncture clinic and its owner to produce financial records dating back to 2009, ruling that the information is relevant to the insurer’s allegations that the defendants engaged in a scheme to submit fraudulent bills for procedures that were medically unnecessary or not provided (State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Yuri Fayda, M.D., et al., No. 14 Civ. 9792, S.D. N.Y.; 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 162164)....