Texas Doctors Indicted for Compounding Practices
Two Texas doctors have pleaded not guilty to federal charges Tuesday that they aided in a wide-ranging fraud scheme that allegedly netted millions of dollars for pharmacies and allowed injured federal workers and members of the U.S. military to obtain pain medication that was not medically necessary.
Dr. James Don Jackson, a general surgeon, is one of three doctors and 13 defendants under federal indictment for the alleged scam, which stretched from Houston to Atlanta and Columbus. In all, prosecutors say government insurance agencies that cover federal workers compensation and medical costs for members of the U.S. armed services paid out $39.7 million for false and fraudulent prescription claims for compounded drugs that patients didn’t need.
The federal indictment also charges Dr. Deepak Chavda, 68, of Dallas, who prescribed pain medication that wasn’t necessary through a bone clinic he worked for in the Fort Worth suburb of North Richland Hills. The third physician charged in the case is Dr. Jay Bender, who worked at an orthopedic and spine clinic in Atlanta.
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