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• SILENT WINGS MUSEUM LUBBOCK VETERANS DAY 2017 PROFESSIONAL

Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed is based upon the seriousness of the offense and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.Īssistant United States Attorney Eric G. The law provides for a total sentence of not more than 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both. Judge Cercone scheduled sentencing for 11:30 a.m. As a result, the defendant caused losses to Kentucky Medicaid of more than $15,000 but not more than $40,000. The defendant further admitted that she caused UOFL to pay her a certain portion of the reimbursements the laboratory received from Kentucky Medicaid in connection with her referral of unlawful drug tests and related services. Specifically, the defendant acknowledged that she did not document a legitimate justification for ordering certain drug tests and services, failed to document the results of certain drug tests and services performed by UOFL in her medical files, and failed to address the results of certain drug tests and services in the treatment of her patients.

SILENT WINGS MUSEUM LUBBOCK VETERANS DAY 2017 PROFESSIONAL

The court was further advised that the defendant engaged in health care fraud by causing UOFL to bill the Kentucky Medicaid program for testing based on referrals that were outside the ordinary course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. Between approximately October 2011 and August 2013, the defendant further admitted that she referred patients for drug testing and related services performed by Universal Oral Fluid Labs (“UOFL”), a clinical drug testing and drug screening laboratory located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. In connection with her guilty plea, the defendant admitted that she was a licensed psychiatrist who operated a medical practice, Family and Children Behavioral Health Services, in Louisville, Kentucky. Booker, 66, pleaded guilty to one count before Senior United States District Judge David S. PITTSBURGH - A resident of Louisville, Kentucky, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of health care fraud, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kentucky Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud Related to Referrals for Drug Testing at Greensburg, PA Lab The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation, and Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit conducted the investigation that led to the prosecution of Baird. Olshan is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government. Hughes was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine, forfeit more than $750,000 in previously seized assets, and make restitution totaling $1,670,469.77 to the Kentucky Medicaid Program.Īssistant United States Attorney Eric G.

Cercone sentenced Hughes to sixty days’ incarceration, followed by twelve months of home detention. On July 13, 2021, United States District Judge David S. Hughes separately pleaded guilty for conspiring to offer and pay kickbacks in connection with Medicaid referrals made by another Kentucky physician. Baird further admitted that between May 2012 and July 2013, he received $567,609.36 in kickbacks from UOFL for his drug testing referrals. As enrolled Medicare providers, Baird and UOFL were required to certify that they would comply with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations, including the federal anti-kickback prohibition. Hughes, through UOFL, then submitted to, and received reimbursements from, Medicare for drug testing services for patients referred to the lab by Baird. Pursuant to their arrangement, Baird received cash payments from UOFL in exchange for referring patients-including patients covered under Medicare-to the lab for drug testing services. Baird was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $567,609.36 to Medicare.ĭuring the defendant’s plea hearing on July 16, 2018, Baird admitted that while practicing as a licensed physician specializing in physical medicine, rehabilitation, and pain treatment, he entered into an illegal kickbacks-for-referrals conspiracy with Williams Hughes, the owner and operator of Universal Oral Fluid Labs (“UOFL”), a clinical drug-testing laboratory in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Gibson sentenced John Baird, 55, a physician, to five years of probation, including two years of home detention. A resident of Louisville, Kentucky, was sentenced in federal court today for one count of conspiracy to solicit and receive unlawful kickbacks, United States Attorney Cindy K. Kentucky Physician Sentenced for Unlawful Kickback Conspiracy