Edmonton doctor who over-billed Alberta Health more than $800k sentenced to four years in prison yeg
Beginning in 2016, however, Shi began billing the government for in-office psychiatric treatment for nearly every patient, regardless of the actual treatment she provided.Article content
This allowed Shi, who is in her 30s, to bring home more than four times of what an average family physician makes. In 2016, Shi billed $1.38 million, at a time when the average general practitioner in Alberta was billing about $306,000 annually. In 2016, Shi claimed 216 days of work, of which — according to her billings — 208 were taken up providing at least eight hours of psychiatric treatment.
The Crown said this had trickle-down effects on patients, who were often “confused and upset” when they learned their family doctor was under investigation.
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