21 Indicted In 'massive' Dallas Hospital 'conspiracy'

[Satanica]

http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/21-indicted-in-massive-dallas-hospital-conspiracy/361163398

The U.S. Justice Department in the Northern District of Texas Thursday unsealed indictments against 21 individuals, some of them among the highest profile doctors in the City of Dallas.

Prosecutors allege a bribery and kick-back scheme involving about $40 million in payments of all kinds. Some of these doctors are high-profile, some are not. The indictment named 21 individuals in all and all were not doctors.

There's a chiropractor, a lawyer, an ad agency executive and some office workers, allegedly caught either receiving or paying bribes over several years. One of the doctors indicted Thursday has already been convicted of fraudulent billing practices.

He is Dr. Richard Toussaint, who co-founded the now defunct Forest Park Medical Center on Central Expressway. What the new charges allege is that several other doctors affiliated with Forest Park Medical Center have now also been caught up in the investigation, including Dr. Wade Barker and Doctor David Kim.

Also among the 21 indicted Thursday were spine surgeons, a pain management doctor, an orthopedic doctor and a few office workers. All were allegedly in on a scheme to pay or receive bribes to bring in customers for lucrative spine or bariatric surgeries.

Federal prosecutors laid out some of the alleged bribe payments to doctors Douglas Sung Won, David Kim, Michael Rimlawi and William Daniel Nicholson, each allegedly receiving millions of dollars in bribes.
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Dr. Toussaint already faces up to 10 years in prison for his fraud conviction earlier this year. The other 20 alleged co-conspirators named Thursday face anywhere from five to 20 years in federal prison if they are convicted. Federal prosecutors say the investigation is ongoing.
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[Prettypink513]

Ahhh. Club fed

 

[BostonBurns]

I like the comment on the video about "Driving up the healthcare costs for all of us."

You KNOW what drives up healthcare costs for all of us? Having our terminally ill relatives languish in the ICU, hooked up to machinery when they are well past their expiration date.

Until something can be done about our society's unrealistic expectations, then NOTHING can be done about the rising costs of healthcare.

 

[zzouy]

a chiropractor, a lawyer, an ad agency executive and some office workers,

Walk into a bar?