Amir Friedman, MD, of Calabasas, Calif., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud in the Central District of California.
The 54-year-old anesthesiologist had also been charged with receiving about $800,000 in illegal kickbacks to prescribe compounded pharmaceuticals as part of a scheme involving Beverly Hills, Calif.-based New Age Pharmaceuticals.
Primarily targeting workers’ compensation carriers, the alleged scheme defrauded Medicare, Medicaid, private carriers and union health benefit plans out of more than $150 million, according to WorkCompCentral.
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