Bergen County Doctor Forfeits Medical License After Pleading Guilty To Fraud

ENGLEWOOD, N.J. - A physician with offices in Bergen and Passaic counties had his medical license revoked after he bilked more than $280,000 from government and insurance companies for services he never provided.

Albert Ades, 61, of Englewood, agreed to forfeit his medical license days after he was sentenced to 37 months in prison and pay back the $280,000 he stole. He is also subject to three years of supervised release.

Under the terms of the Consent Order with the Board of Medical Examiners, Ades is prohibited from reapplying for his license.

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Ades plead guilty to health care fraud in connection with the nine-year scheme where he billed Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance companies for patient visits to his Cresskill and Little Falls offices that never happened, said Acting Attorney General Robert Lougy.

“Physicians have a duty to respect the sanctity of their positions and all the responsibilities that come with it. Albert Ades instead chose to abuse his professional standing by stealing from insurers who trusted his integrity,” said Lougy. “What makes his crime particularly reprehensible is that he stole from Medicaid, a program designed to assist persons who cannot afford health insurance or health care services.”

Ades admitted submitting claims from 2005 to July 2014 for face-to-face office visits on dates when he had authorized prescriptions, written refills, or performed other tasks for patients without ever seeing them. He also admitted that he altered patients’ medical charts by inserting fabricated blood pressure readings, other vitals, and clinical notes on patients’ charts to make it appear as if they had visited his office on the billed dates.

“For nearly a decade Albert Ades used his medical license as a license to steal from insurance companies,” said Steve Lee, acting director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. “By revoking his license, the Board of Medical Examiners has made it clear that it will not tolerate doctors who put their own greed above their patients, their profession, and the law.”