According to the U.S. Department of Justice, an orthopedic surgeon from Texas organized a fraud scheme which sucked more than $100,000,000 out of the healthcare system.
Michael Taba, 61, is accused of accepting bribes and kickbacks to prescribe unnecessary medication.
Prosecutors say that between May 2014 and February 2017, Taba was able to help the pharmacies charge the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Worker Compensation Program, (DOL-OWCP), and Blue Cross Blue Shield over $145 million. Taba pocketed $90 million during the billing process.
According to the DOJ, the drugs prescribed by Taba were mixed in secret by teenagers who had no training in pharmacy backrooms. Patients also described the medications as being ineffective.
Anthony P. D’Esposito, Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspection General.
“Dr. Michael Taba took bribes to write thousands of unnecessary prescriptions of compounded medication for federal employees covered by U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs. He put illegal profits before the safety of patients .”
Taba was sentenced to 102-months in prison by a judge this week. In November 2023, he was found guilty on three counts of fraud against the health system and conspiracy to commit fraud.
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