"...The former owner and medical director of a Baton Rouge, Louisiana pain management clinic was at the helm of a Medicare fraud billing scheme that stole approximately $255,000 from the government healthcare program....Today’s fraudster from Baton Rouge pleaded guilty to Medicare fraud.
...Instead of a prison sentence, the 56-year-old was placed on probation and ordered to pay more than $254,000 in restitution.
The 66-year-old doctor, who also previously pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud, received a sentence of 37 months in federal prison for causing nearly $516,000 in fraudulent claims to be filed over a decade.
...Further research revealed a Department of Defense press release that stated the co-owner of the pain clinic was convicted of healthcare fraud in a separate case involving $336,000 in illegal kickback payments.
Another employee, a former physician’s assistant pleaded guilty to illegally distributing oxycodone pills..."
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