Dr. Gautam Jayaswal pleaded guilty and admitted ordering millions of dollars’ worth of unnecessary and expensive genetic tests and orthotic braces for thousands of patients as part of a telemedicine fraud scheme. He fraudulently ordered one or more orthotic braces for 1,433 patients. He also signed orders for medically unnecessary genetic tests for 2,061 patients. Read a story from The Kansas City Star and a Department of Justice press release.
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