NEWARK, N.J. – Two owners of a nationwide telemedicine company today admitted their roles in conspiracies to bribe doctors and to commit health care fraud, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced.
Stephen Luke, 54, of Phoenix, Arizona, and David Laughlin, 48, of Buckeye, Arizona, each pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark federal court to informations charging them with one count of conspiracy to violate the federal Anti-Kickback statute and one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
Medicare is a federal program that provides free or below-cost health care benefits to certain individuals, primarily the elderly, blind, and disabled. TRICARE is a federal health care benefit program for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Military Health System that provided health insurance coverage for beneficiaries worldwide, including active-duty military service members, National Guard and Reserve members, retirees, their families, and survivors.
Luke and Laughlin owned and operated RediDoc LLC, a purported telemedicine company based in Phoenix. From September 2017 through December 2019, Luke and Laughlin conspired together and with others to unlawfully enrich themselves by submitting and causing to be submitted false and fraudulent claims to federal health care benefit programs. They did so through a circular scheme of kickbacks and bribes paid to doctors and...
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