Texas physician sentenced to 10 years for $70M fraud scheme

A physician based in Fredericksburg, Texas, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $26.6 million in restitution for his involvement in a $70 million Medicare fraud scheme. 

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David Young, MD, submitted fraudulent claims and prescriptions for medically unnecessary orthotic braces and genetic tests for more than 13,000 purported patients that he never examined nor consulted, according to a January 15 news release from the Justice Department. 

He also  falsely certified that he had diagnosed the beneficiaries, created plans of care, and recommended additional treatments.

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