Patrick Smith, 71, helmed the pharmacy Patient Care America and met with federal agents in March 2020 amid kickback allegations. Mr. Smith pleaded guilty in July 2023 for lying to the investigators by claiming he did not play a role in hiring marketing groups and didn’t know the company was soliciting Tricare beneficiaries.
Patient Care America paid more than $40 million in kickbacks for marketers who recruited and referred Tricare beneficiary prescriptions for expensive, unnecessary drugs to PCA. More than a dozen people have been convicted and sentenced for their role in the scheme, and the government has recovered more than $30 million in fraudulent proceeds.
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