Alabama state lawmaker arrested over alleged Medicare reimbursement scheme
The charges against state Rep. Ed Henry (R) center on his work with a business he owned between 2015 and 2017, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Alabama said.
The business, MyPractice24, provided chronic care management services to Medicare recipients who had two or more chronic conditions. Physicians would then pay MyPractice24 a share of the Medicare reimbursements, prosecutors said.
Henry entered into an agreement with Montgomery physician Gilberto Sanchez in 2016 under which the lawmaker would pay kickbacks to Sanchez's office in exchange for the practice referring Medicare beneficiaries to MyPractice24 for chronic care management services, prosecutors allege.
Those alleged kickbacks included payments to Sanchez's staff, free chronic care management services, free medical billing services and free clinical services.
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