The owner of a medical marketing company has been charged in connection to an alleged scheme that defrauded federal payers out of at least $64 million.
James Feeley, 45, of Navarre, Fla., and his business partner owned companies in Ohio that paid for prescriptions from telemedicine companies that were then sent to pharmacies, according to a Dec. 8 Justice Department news release. Mr. Feeley and others allegedly worked with pharmacies, telemedicine companies and physicians and paid kickbacks and bribes to telemedicine companies to generate prescriptions for their clients to fill.
The telemedicine companies then allegedly paid kickbacks and bribes to physicians so they would sign expensive prescriptions, according to the release. The pharmacies then allegedly paid kickbacks and bribes to Mr. Feeley and his businesses for each referral.
If convicted, he faces a maximum of 15 years in prison, according to the release.