COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – A man federal prosecutors call the architect of one of the largest health care fraud schemes in U.S. history was sentenced Monday in federal court in Columbia.
Herb Kimble was sentenced to 20 months imprisonment with three years of court-ordered supervision. He was also ordered to pay over $199 million in restitution to Medicare and forfeit over $195 million in “ill-gotten gains.”
Kimble pleaded guilty in 2019 to conspiring to commit health care fraud, violate the anti-kickback statute and defraud the United States in connection with a telemedicine and durable medical equipment scheme involving back, shoulder, wrist and knee braces…