Hugh G. Deery II, MD, an infectious disease specialist in Petoskey, Michigan, received batches of prewritten physician orders for knee braces, along with patient "exam" notes and letters of medical necessity, from a marketing company that asked him to sign the orders. That company had obtained the detailed patient information from telemarketers who targeted seniors.
The marketing firm allegedly paid Deery, two other Michigan physicians, and a nurse practitioner to review and sign the orders and other documents for braces and cancer genetic tests. It gave the providers access to recorded phone calls between the telemarketers and Medicare beneficiaries, but didn't require them to listen to the calls or contact the beneficiaries, according to the US Department of Justice
Continue reading your article with a Medscape account
Join the Top Medical Resource for Physicians Today. Free Membership!
Russian military command has been lying for the fifth month in a row about battlefield “successes,” claiming that Russian forces are advancing west of Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region. However, this...