堪萨斯市医生承认有670K美元的回扣计划 导致医疗费损失高达9.5M美元 Kansas City doctor admits to $670K kickbacks scheme, causing up to $9.5M in Medicare losses.

堪萨斯市的一位医生Scott Taggart Roethle博士承认接受超过670,000美元的回扣,从2017年至2020年,为他从未见过的病人订购不必要的医疗设备和治疗。 A Kansas City doctor, Dr. Scott Taggart Roethle, admitted to accepting over $670,000 in kickbacks for ordering unnecessary medical equipment and treatments for patients he never met, from 2017 to 2020. 他的行动导致损失约700万美元至950万美元,医疗保险至少支付150万美元。 His actions led to an estimated $7 million to $9.5 million in losses, with Medicare paying at least $1.5 million. Roethle曾是远程医学医生,定于7月17日被判刑。 Roethle, who worked as a telemedicine doctor, was set to be sentenced on July 17.