According to court documents, in 2018, Dr. O’Rourke entered an illegal agreement with a company where the company completed physicians’ orders for Medicare via an internet-based platform. Dr. O’Rourke would then access the platform and sign the orders in exchange for a payment of $25 per patient without ever interacting with the patients.
In May 2019, for example, Dr. O’Rourke received $5,500 for electronically signing and ordering cancer genomic tests and durable medical equipment.
The Medicare program paid approximately $2,702,150 to Medicare providers for the tests and equipment ordered by Dr. O’Rourke.
