Jordona Ndon, a former nurse practitioner from Delaware now living in Virginia, has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle allegations that she violated the False Claims Act. According to the Department of Justice, between November 2017 and June 2018, she signed hundreds of orders for unnecessary orthotic braces for Medicare patients in Delaware without proper medical examinations. Many orders were pre-filled by unqualified telemarketers, and Ndon approved them after brief telemedicine sessions lasting two minutes or less. The settlement amount reflects her ability to pay.
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Between November 2017 and June 2018, Ndon digitally signed hundreds of orders for medically unnecessary orthotic braces for Delaware residents who she never physically examined and who often did not want or need the orthotic braces. In many cases, the orders Ndon signed contained information that was pre-populated by telemarketers with no medical qualifications. Ndon signed the orders after brief telemedicine consultations – often two minutes or less in duration – during which she failed to establish any legitimate medical justification for the orthotic braces.
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