A Florida man pleaded guilty today to a $42 million fraud on Medicare involving false claims for durable medical equipment (DME) and cancer genetic testing. He also pled guilty to fraudulently obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. According to court documents and statements made in court, Chad Monroe, 48, of Tarpon Springs, Florida, conspired with others to submit fraudulent claims for DME.
Such as knee, wrist, ankle, and back braces — and cancer genetic testing that Medicare beneficiaries did not want or need. Monroe and his co-conspirators opened three DME companies, Maksix Medical Products Inc., Orthotech Atlanta, LLC. 1st Choice Medical Supply LLC, which they used to submit over $26 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare, Medicare Advantage plans, and TRICARE.
Moreover, monroe directed co-conspirators to lie on Medicare enrollment documents to hide Monroe’s ownership of and role at the companies. To generate the doctors’ orders for DME and genetic testing, Monroe paid purported telemedicine companies’ illegal kickbacks. Monroe, through his company Health and Life Networking LLC, sold the doctors’ orders for genetic testing to co-conspirator laboratories.
Meanwhile, paid him over $15 million in illegal kickbacks. . Monroe also directed a co-conspirator to submit a fraudulent PPP loan for over $30,000 in which he and his co-conspirator lied about, among other things, the ownership of 1st Choice Medical Supply LLC to...
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