An Orange County man is expected to be arraigned July 17 for his alleged role in a health-care fraud scheme in which nearly $270 million in bogus claims were submitted to Medi-Cal for expensive prescription drugs that were not medically necessary and, in many instances, not provided to the purported recipients.
Paul Randall, 66, of Orange is charged with aiding and abetting health care fraud, a felony carrying a possible penalty of up to 10 years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
According to an affidavit filed in Los Angeles federal court, Randall, Kyrollos Mekail, 37, of Moreno Valley, and Patricia Anderson, 57, of West Hills allegedly took advantage of Medi-Cal’s suspension of its requirement that health care providers obtain prior authorization before providing certain health care services or medications as a condition of reimbursement…