A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida has found Brett Blackman, the founder and owner of HealthSplash, guilty for his role in a massive scheme that used a digital platform to churn out fake medical orders and prescriptions.
The operation, which investigators described as “industrial-scale theft,” successfully bilked Medicare and other federal health programs out of more than $1 billion.
Blackman, 42, of Johnson County, Kansas, operated HealthSplash and its subsidiary, Power Mobility Doctor Rx (DMERx). Evidence presented during the trial showed that the DMERx platform was essentially a factory for fraud. The system was used to generate fraudulent doctors’ orders for orthotic braces and other medical equipment that patients didn’t actually need…