A federal jury in Fort Worth convicted Texas licensed professional counselor Kevin Curry in a $26 million healthcare fraud, kickbacks and money laundering scheme.
Mr. Curry owned and operated Acuity TMS of Plano and Acuity TMS of Fort Worth in Texas and Emerald Coast TMS of Fort Walton Beach in Florida, according to a Sept. 25 Justice Department news release.
Mr. Curry offered and paid over $5.5 million in kickbacks to convince active-duty servicemembers, veterans and their family members to consent to transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy they did not qualify for and, in many instances, did not receive. He also used doctors’ credentials without their knowledge and consent to bill Tricare.
Acuity billed Tricare over $26 million in false, fraudulent and kickback-tainted claims, of which Tricare paid approximately $17 million. Mr. Curry directed employees to fabricate medical records submitted to Tricare to justify the billings.
The jury convicted Mr. Curry of three counts of healthcare fraud, three counts of offering and paying illegal healthcare kickbacks and three counts of engaging in monetary transactions in criminal derived property. He is scheduled to be sentenced at a later date and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison on each count.
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