From 2016 to 2021, Dr. Diaconescu admitted she pre-signed prescriptions for hydrocodone, oxycodone and fentanyl for patients to receive when she was not present at her Gurnee, Ill.-based pain clinic.
Dr. Diaconescu and other employees at the clinic created paperwork falsely indicating she had face-to-face exams with the patients who had come to pick up the pre-signed prescriptions. She then knowingly submitted false claims for reimbursements from Medicare, according to the release.
She is sentenced to six months in federal prison and must pay $84,031 to Medicare.
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