#kickbacks

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‼️DOCTORS GET RICHER AND PEOPLE SICKER‼️

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The former vice-president of marketing for a controversial genetic testing company has pleaded guilty in federal court to paying physicians millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks to order genetic tests for Medicare patients.

Donald Matthews, who was Vice President of Market Development for Proove Biosciences, pleaded guilty this week in federal court. Matthews faces up to 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine when he’s sentenced in October.

Proove filed for bankruptcy in 2017 after its headquarters in Irvine, CA was raided by FBI agents investigating healthcare fraud. The company specialized in DNA testing that allegedly improved the effectiveness of pain management treatment and helped determine whether a patient is at risk of opioid addiction.

According to Matthews’ plea agreement, Proove paid doctors at least $3.5 million to induce them to order DNA tests for their patients. The company then billed Medicare approximately $45 million to pay for the tests and received about $21 million in unlawful payments.

“Proove concealed the true nature of the kickbacks by falsely characterizing the payments as compensation for participating in a clinical research program sponsored by Proove,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Diego said in a statement.

“In furtherance of the scheme, Proove placed its own employees in doctors’ offices. The Proove employees collected a cheek swab and completed most of the paperwork associated with the ‘clinical research’ program. Without the financial compensation, Matthews admitted that most doctors were not interested in ordering Proove’s tests for their patients.”

Proove paid kickbacks to an undisclosed number of doctors throughout the country, with the payments tied to how many DNA tests that a doctor ordered. When doctors complained about delayed payments, a Proove executive demanded that they increase their testing volume.