A Kansas City, Kansas, doctor on Friday admitted to accepting over $670,000 in kickbacks to order medically unnecessary health care for thousands of patients.
Dr. Scott Taggart Roethle, 47, of Leawood, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one count of health care fraud.
Roethle admitted that during a three-year period from 2017 until 2020, he conspired with health care companies to order medically unnecessary durable medical equipment, pain creams and genetic tests for patients in exchange for thousands of dollars in kickbacks…