Charges in a health care fraud case include that Memphis residents billed for drugs that weren’t available for purchase. (Getty Images)
Three West Tennessee residents accused of fraudulently billing the federal government $28.7 million for invalid prescription medication they never dispensed were part of a nationwide health care fraud crackdown announced Monday.
The owners of a Memphis-based health clinic MedPartners and SarJo Pharmacy purported to treat injured United States Postal Service employees, billing the cost of medications to the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA), according to an indictment filed June 12…