Saturday, October 3, 2009

Psychologist headed to prison

South Bend Tribune - South Bend, Ind.
Date:     Oct 3, 2009

A Plymouth child psychologist has received a 13-month federal prison sentence for health care fraud.

Marc Allen Zackheim pleaded guilty to defrauding Indiana Medicaid of $137,000 over three years by fabricating diagnoses and attaching those diagnoses to the medical records of his juvenile patients.

The U.S. attorney for northern Indiana had asked Judge Robert L. Miller Jr. for a 21-month sentence, while Zackheim's attorney, Martin Kus, asked the judge to consider home detention.

Miller fined Zackheim $4,000, and ordered him and his business, Associates in Clinical Psychology P.C., to repay the state the $137,000.

Zackheim must report for prison Dec. 1.

Webmaster's note:  Marc Allen Zackheim is the husband of Victoria Fraginals Zackheim, the woman whose fraudulent invention of an ailing child inspired Armistead's novel, The Night Listener.

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12 comments:

  1. I was a patient at that group home for about 2 years. all of this does not surprise me.

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  2. Apparently Dr. Marc Allen Zackheim died on 11/19/2009.
    http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/70660972.html

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    1. not apparently he did die i saw death i stared at him so yea and i am his adopted son Marc Zackheim jr

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  3. I don't buy any of this. For such an interesting case, no one has photos of these people?

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    2. if u want proof go on my fb Marc Allen Zackheim both parents died Dr.Marc zackheim and his wife vicky Zackheim only 8 months apart

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    3. I have photos of Dr. Z

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    4. He was a loving, honorable person. Who even as a very young man, his focus was to help people overcome brain malfunctions and live good lives.

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  4. i am the proof of this because my name is Marc Allen Zackheim so look my apdoted dad died november 19 2009 if he were still alive i would be looking for my real parents but thats beside the point point is leave him to rest in peace

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    1. My cousin was a sincere person. I do know that the government is replete with corruption, deceit and malice. Some people who seek psychological care have issues with reality. Not for a moment do I believe that he was a thief who defrauded the government.

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  6. He was my doctor at RiverEdge Hospital, very creepy guy

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