HUDSON VALLEY, NY — A doctor and his wife who worked in Pennsylvania have admitted their roles in schemes to solicit and receive kickbacks and bribes in exchange for ordering genetic tests, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
“Ripping off the federal government may not have a direct impact on the patient,” said FBI – Newark Special Agent in Charge James E. Dennehy in the announcement. “It does, however, erode the faith we all have in the healthcare industry, and causes costs to go up for us all.”
Rockland County residents Yitzchok ‘Barry” Kurtzer and his wife, Robin Kurtzer pleaded guilty this week in Trenton, New Jersey to an indictment charging them with conspiracy to violate the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute.
Source: Hudson Valley Doctor, Wife Plead In $1.3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme / Patch