GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Grand Rapids physician paid over $135,000 Tuesday to resolve allegations that he used foreign, unapproved Botox to treat Medicare beneficiaries, according to U.S. Attorney Mark Totten.
Derek Lado, D.O., and his Grand Rapids practice, Elite Medical Spine & Musculoskeletal Center PLLC, were accused of violating the False Claims Act by using foreign Botox to cut costs, officials said.
The allegation comes after government officials stopped multiple packages of the drug as they were en route to Elite, and warned the practice that they were importing adulterated, misbranded drugs, according to officials.
However, despite the warning and Medicare rules that the program denies coverage of drugs unapproved by the FDA, Lado supposedly used the drug to treat patients and billed Medicare for services, officials said.
“Patients deserve the confidence that their medical practitioners are following the rules to keep them safe,” Totten said. “If you cut corners by using foreign drugs that have not been approved by the FDA as safe and effective to treat our Medicare population, there will be consequences.”
Claims resolved by the settlement are merely allegations, and there has been no determination of liability, according to officials.
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