​Mays Landing Doctor Loses Medical License Due To Fraud

NEW JERSEY — The State Board of Medical Examiners has permanently revoked the medical license of a Mays Landing doctor, authorities said.

Robert Claude McGrath, 69, employed unqualified individuals in his practice to provide physical therapy to patients and collected $890,000 in payments that he was not entitled to, according to the Division of Consumer Affairs.

“Health care fraud is a serious crime that results in reduced benefits and higher costs for coverage,” said New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal. “Annual losses to fraudulent health insurance claims are estimated at billions of dollars that eventually come out of everyone’s pockets. We will continue to enforce the laws in place to protect New Jersey consumers and the integrity of the entire medical profession.”

McGrath, who owned and operated Atlantic Spine & Joint Institute with offices in Westmont and Wayne, pleaded guilty in June 2017, to charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and was sentenced to 30 months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution.

McGrath was released from prison in May and entered the agreement for the revocation of his license with the Board after a Complaint was filed by the Attorney General.

Under the terms of the Board Order filed on Oct. 12, 2020, McGrath shall not enter the premises of his medical practice when patients may be present, and is precluded from managing, overseeing, supervising or influencing the practice of medicine in New Jersey.

Additionally, McGrath’s registration to prescribe controlled substances is permanently revoked and he is precluded from ever seeking either a medical license or CDS registration in New Jersey.

Investigators with the Enforcement Bureau within the Division of Consumer Affairs conducted the investigation.

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