Texas Doctor Accused of Defrauding $3.2 Million From Taxpayer-Funded Healthcare Program A clinic allegedly offered TRICARE members $50 gift cards in exchange for urine and DNA to run fraudulent tests. By Will Maddox Published in Healthcare Business April 9, 2021 9:00 am The U.S. Attorney’s Office is accusing Cockerell Dermatopathology (CDP) of submitting $4.2 million in fraudulent claims to TRICARE, the healthcare program for the nation’s military members. The False Claims Act lawsuit was filed against Dr. Clay Cockerell, who allegedly permitted a laboratory management company to use his clinic’s lab license to submit false claims. These unnecessary tests were submitted to federal health insurance programs. Cockerell was nearly named chairman of Baylor Scott & White’s dermatology program in 2016, when both sides of the agreement backed out after the scheme was exposed. Cockerell was also a past president of the American Academy of Dermatology and a clinical professor of dermatology at UT Southwestern.