{"id":11768,"date":"2018-10-17T09:16:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T13:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11768"},"modified":"2018-10-17T09:16:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T13:16:16","slug":"former-healthcare-company-ceo-to-face-sentencing-in-150m-fraud-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11768","title":{"rendered":"Former healthcare company CEO to face sentencing in $150M fraud scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Kelly Gooch for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>A former healthcare company CEO has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and money- laundering charges for his part in a $150 million fraud scheme that federal prosecutors say involved the unnecessary prescription of millions of opioids and the administration of medically unnecessary, harmful injections, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/health-care-ceo-pleads-guilty-150-million-health-care-fraud-scheme-involving-harmful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department of Justice<\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/legal-regulatory-issues\/former-healthcare-company-ceo-to-face-sentencing-in-150m-fraud-scheme.html\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/department-of-justice-seal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9098\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/department-of-justice-seal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/department-of-justice-seal.jpg 225w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/department-of-justice-seal-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Kelly Gooch for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) A former healthcare company CEO has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and money- laundering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-fraud"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11769,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11768\/revisions\/11769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}