BOSTON (WWLP) – An Alabama-based doctor has been charged in connection with a $6 million telemedicine health care fraud scheme.
In a news release from the Department of Justice in Massachusetts, 43-year-old Tommie Robinson worked with telemedicine companies between December 2018 and March 2021 to sign medical documentation, including doctors’ orders, for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment and genetic testing.
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It is alleged that these orders signed by Robinson were pre-populated based on telemarketing calls made to Medicare beneficiaries, that Robinson never had any contact with the beneficiaries himself and had no medical relationship with the patients. The claims were then submitted to Medicare, which were medically unnecessary, based on false documentation, and tainted by kickbacks, resulting in a more than $6 million fraud scheme.
Robinson has agreed to plead guilty to one count of health care fraud and faces up to 10 years in prison, supervised release for up to three years, and a fine of up to $250,000 or twice the gross pecuniary gain or loss, whichever is greater.
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