⁍ Federal prosecutors in South Carolina and Georgia announced new healthcare fraud charges against 17 people and a corporation on Wednesday.
⁍ The latest in a string of recent fraud prosecutions involving telemedicine.
– South Carolina and Georgia are the latest states to crack down on so-called ” telemedicine”—in the words of the US attorney for the District of South Carolina, “the latest in a string of recent fraud prosecutions involving telemedicine.” The US attorney for the District of South Carolina, Peter McCoy, Jr., accused four doctors and a nurse of signing prescriptions without meeting patients or consulting with them for a sufficient amount of time, resulting in false claims being submitted to government insurance programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, reports Westlaw Today. The charges come as part of an effort by federal prosecutors in the two states to go after medical professionals who illegally prescribe drugs via the Internet, notes the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/health-fraud/feds-charge-more-individuals-in-alleged-coordinated-telemedicine-fraud-schemes-idUSL1N2GY2AF