12/06/2024    

PODIATRISTS & THE LAW

TX Podiatrist Sentenced for $8.5M Compounding Fraud Scheme

 

A podiatrist and a patient recruiter were sentenced to 45 months and 60 months in prison, respectively, and ordered to pay over $7 million in restitution for their roles in a scheme to fraudulently bill TRICARE — the healthcare program for U.S. service members and their families — for compounded creams that were medically unnecessary and procured through kickbacks and bribes.

 

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Brian Carpenter, 58, of Paradise, Texas, was a podiatrist who signed prescriptions for compounded pain and scar creams for TRICARE beneficiaries to whom he never spoke and whom he never examined or treated.

 

Source: U.S. Department of Justice [12/4/24]