While the U.S. Attorney's Office builds its federal case against Dr. Farid Fata, the cancer doctor accused of improperly administering chemotherapy and other treatments to patients as part of a Medicare billing fraud scheme, patients who need access to their medical records can receive copies of the files from the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office.
Pick-up sites for patient records are available in Ann Arbor, Bay City, Flint, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Macomb, Marquette, Oakland/Troy, St. Joseph and Traverse City. Alternate pick-up sites also can be arranged with FBI personnel.
Patients who had been seeing Fata up until his Aug. 6 arrest can retrieve a copy of their patient file by contacting Sandy Palazzolo, victim witness coordinator at the U.S. Attorney's Office, at (313) 226-9633.
For those seeking the file of another patient, including that of a deceased relative, requests can be directed via email to usamie.victimservices@usdoj.gov. Those without access to a computer also can contact Palazzolo at (313) 226-9933.
Those with additional information about treatment they, a relative or a friend received in Fata's practice also can email information to usamie.victimservices@usdoj.gov. Those without computer access can call Nicole McGee, victim specialist at the FBI, at (313) 496-4348.
Additional information provided by the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office has been included here in a downloadable and printable PDF document.
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