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Defendant Sentenced for Conspiring to Pay and Receive Kickbacks
ABINGDON, Va. – A Miami, Florida man was sentenced to five months in prison and five months of home confinement for conspiring with another man to pay and receive kickbacks, the Grimy Times has learned.
Michael Olshavsky was sentenced last week for conspiring to receive and pay kickbacks to encourage urine drug screen testing performed by a lab in Florida. Some of the testing referred to the lab was paid for by Medicare, Virginia Medicaid, and TennCare.
In addition to home confinement, he will pay $66,000 in monetary penalties and will be permanently excluded from participating in federal healthcare programs.
“Using an opioid treatment practice to defraud federal and state health care programs is unconscionable and a serious federal crime,” Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel P. Bubar said today. “Investigating and prosecuting those who seek to commit health care fraud and illegally profit from the opioid crisis remains a top priority of this office. I appreciate the great work and assistance from our many state and federal partners, whose hard work brought Olshavsky to justice.”
“Healthcare providers who defraud the system are not only stealing from Medicaid and Medicare, but they are also stealing from taxpayers,” said Attorney General Mark Herring. “Virginians should be able to trust their healthcare providers to make decisions in a patient’s best interest, without any kind of outside influence or monetary gain. I want to thank my Medicaid Fraud Control Unit for their hard work on this case, as well as our local, state, and federal partners who continue to help my team hold individuals accountable when they defraud our healthcare system.”
“Those who seek to profit from the opioid crisis through illegal schemes make the problem worse,” said Special Agent in Charge Mark S. McCormack, FDA Office of Criminal Investigations Metro Washington Field Office. “We will continue to investigate and bring to justice those who, through their dishonesty, jeopardize the public health.”
Key Facts
- State: Virginia
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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