{"id":46397,"date":"2024-02-14T01:48:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T06:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=46397"},"modified":"2024-02-13T17:55:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T22:55:31","slug":"doctor-pleads-guilty-to-ordering-unneeded-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2024\/02\/14\/doctor-pleads-guilty-to-ordering-unneeded-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Pleads Guilty To Ordering Unneeded Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3976\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2016\/03\/03\/former-youth-minister-pleads-guilty-to-sex-charges\/guilty-plea\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/guilty-plea.jpg?fit=320%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"320,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"guilty plea\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/guilty-plea.jpg?fit=320%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/guilty-plea.jpg?resize=125%2C125\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/guilty-plea.jpg?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/guilty-plea.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/guilty-plea.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=125%2C125 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><br \/>\nA Kentucky doctor admitted to ordering more than $14 million of unneeded equipment and tests.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to a press release, 55-year-old Amr Mohamed pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to one charge of conspiring to violate federal anti-kickback law.<\/p>\n<p>Mohamed worked at the University of Kentucky when he was indicted on March 2, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>According to his plea agreement, while performing telemedicine services for a company called RediDoc L.L.C., Mohamed took kickbacks from RediDoc to order medical equipment, creams and genetic testing for Medicare beneficiaries even though the equipment and services were not medically necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Mohamed ordered medically unnecessary equipment, creams, or tests for more than 7,000 people between March 2018 and April 2019, which resulted in more than $14.1 million in billing to Medicare.<br \/>\nSource: WBKO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Kentucky doctor admitted to ordering more than $14 million of unneeded equipment and 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