Silver Spring Woman Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud
A former social worker continued to practice without a license and caused claims to be submitted to an insurance company.
A Silver Spring woman and former social worker pleaded guilty to health care fraud last week for causing a health insurance company to continue making payments for patients she saw after her license had been suspended, the U.S. Attorney's office for the District of Maryland announced. Rosemary McDowall, 59, pleaded guilty to the fraud on March 29 admitting that she continued to see patients insured by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maryland after her license to practice social work was suspended in 2005 by the state's social work regulatory board for numerous violations. She failed to notify the insurance company of that suspension—as required by her contract with BCBS— and admitted that fraudulent claims totaling between $120,000 and $200,000…
