Dr. Mark Stephen Wilson, Medicare Kickback Scheme, Oklahoma 2016

Tulsa and Oklahoma City-based orthopedic surgeon Dr. Mark Stephen Wilson has agreed to pay the United States $342,750 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that he accepted illegal kickback payments from Brookhaven Specialty Pharmacy LLC, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

The alleged kickbacks were paid to Wilson in the form of "medical director fees" based upon an hourly rate. However, the United States alleged the "medical director fees" were, in actuality, kickback payments for prescribing the compounded pain creams.

From February 2014 through September 2016, Wilson was allegedly involved in a scheme with Brookhaven Specialty Pharmacy LLC, where he accepted payments in exchange for recommending and prescribing pain creams that were compounded and produced by the pharmacy.

The kickbacks were in violation of the False Claims Act because Wilson wrote the prescriptions for patients who were federally insured under the Federal Employees Compensation Act Program (FECA).

U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson stated, "The U.S. Attorney’s Office is committed to ensuring federal health care dollars are spent in accordance with the law and will not tolerate the abuse of federal health care programs."

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, it is illegal to pay or receive "kickbacks" in conjunction with federal health care insurance. This prohibition is crucial to ensure that financial motives do not undermine the medical judgment of physicians and other health care providers.

Dr. Mark Stephen Wilson is an orthopedic surgeon who focuses on pain management and rehabilitation. He allegedly accepted kickback payments from Brookhaven Specialty Pharmacy LLC for prescribing compounded pain creams.

To report fraud and abuse committed against the federal government in the Northern District of Oklahoma, please contact the U.S. Attorney’s Office at 918-382-2700 and speak to a member of the ACE Unit.

This settlement agreement resolves allegations that Wilson had an illegal financial relationship with Brookhaven Specialty Pharmacy LLC, concerning pain creams. The claims resolved by the settlement are allegations only; there has been no determination of liability.

This matter was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard M. Molot of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut and is the product of a collaborative investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor-Office of Inspector General and the U.S. Postal Service-Office of Inspector General.

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