An Ashland City, Tenn.-based physician was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in a $41 million healthcare fraud scheme, according to an April 14 news release from the Justice Department.
What happened?
- Between June 2016 and April 2019, John Manning, MD, signed orders and prescriptions that led to the submission of more than $41 million in false claims to Medicare. The program paid over $19 million of those claims.
- Dr. Manning admitted to receiving over $812,000 in kickbacks for signing orders for durable medical equipment, topical creams and cancer genetic tests through several telemedicine companies. In many cases, he had only brief or no contact with the patients before authorizing the prescriptions.
- Dr. Manning was indicted in July 2022 on one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and eight counts of healthcare fraud. He pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge in August 2023.
- In addition to the prison term, Dr. Manning was ordered to pay $19.8 million in restitution to Medicare and a forfeiture judgment of $812,303.41.
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