Rodney L. Yentzer, False Claims Act, Pennsylvania 2023

A Cumberland County man has been forced to pay $900,000 to resolve civil liability for alleged violations of the False Claims Act.

Rodney L. Yentzer, of Cumberland County, has agreed to pay the United States $900,000 to resolve civil liability for alleged violations of the False Claims Act.

According to United States Attorney John C. Gurganus, between 2017 and 2019, Yentzer, through a group of pain clinics he controlled known as Pain Medicine of York (PMY), caused the submission of false claims for payment to Medicare.

Those claims were for presumptive and definitive Urine Drug Tests (UDTs) that were not medically reasonable or necessary and were not used to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.

Additionally, Yentzer agreed to be excluded from all Federal health care programs for 22 years.

Civil enforcement is an important tool to recover funds when providers cause improper claims to the Medicare program, said Maureen Dixon, Special Agent in Charge for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General.

HHS-OIG will continue to work with the U.S. Attorney’s Office to ensure the integrity of the Medicare Trust Fund.

In March of 2022, in a related matter, Yentzer pleaded guilty to Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering, and Theft of Public Money for defrauding Medicare, Medicaid, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services between 2016 and 2020.

Yentzer is awaiting sentencing.

This matter was investigated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General.

The civil investigation was handled by Assistant United States Attorney, Tamara Haken, and the Affirmative Civil Enforcement (ACE) Unit within the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

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