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Our office will continue to investigate and hold accountable healthcare professionals who undermine our healthcare system and programs by accepting illegal kickbacks, said Michael A. Bennett, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, in a statement prepared on the Department of Justice (DOJ) website.
Providers who help submit false claims to Medicare undermine the integrity of federal health care programs, added Tamala E. Miles, special agent in charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). HHS-OIG is proud to work alongside our law enforcement partners to ensure that all healthcare providers who abuse their status as healthcare professionals for financial gain are held accountable.
A previous DOJ statement on these allegations can be read here.
I know from personal experience that Owensboro is served by a community of dedicated and talented physicians whose sole focus is the care and well-being of their patients, U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman said at the time. What will not be tolerated by the United States Attorney’s Office, however, is when this motivation escalates into the misuse of patients by physicians as a tool for financial gain in violation of federal law.
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