The following is from Just the News.
Navy whistleblower is being investigated after posting a video on social media about irregularities in the Defense Department’s medical database.
Lieutenant Edward “Ted” Macie, who serves in the Navy Medical Service Corps, is under investigation after he posted a video of himself in uniform on the social media platform “X” a couple of weeks ago discussing irregularities in DOD medical billing data from the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database (DMED), according to his lawyer, R. Davis Younts.
DMED is the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch's (AFHSB) "web-based tool to remotely query de-identified active component personnel and medical event data contained within the Defense Medical Surveillance System (DMSS)," according to the Defense Health Agency.
The database contains every International Classification of Diseases (ICD) medical billing code for all medical diagnoses submitted by the military for medical insurance billing.
Macie was eventually told to take the video down, which he did, Younts told Just the News last week.
However, on Wednesday, Macie was informed that he is suspected of violating Uniform Code of Military Justice Articles 92, Failure to Obey an Order, and 133, Conduct Unbecoming an Officer, according to his wife, Mara Macie.
She told Just the News that his Miranda rights were listed on the form titled, "Department of The Navy Military Suspect's Acknowledgement and Waiver of Rights," which stated the basis of the...
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