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Ashley Brown paid $52,560 to resolve civil allegations that she violated federal law by signing hundreds of medically unnecessary prescriptions for expensive orthotic braces in exchange for kickbacks.
Ashley Brown paid $52,560 to resolve civil allegations that she violated federal law by signing hundreds of medically unnecessary prescriptions for expensive orthotic braces in exchange for kickbacks.
In one case, two knee braces were prescribed for a man whose left leg had been amputated years before.
The DOJ claims an advanced practice registered nurse prescribed “unreasonable and medically unnecessary” durable medical equipment for 660 Medicare beneficiaries in return for illegal kickbacks.
An Iowa nurse is accused of bilking taxpayers out of $1 million by prescribing unneeded, Medicare-funded medical devices.