跟进：纽约州医生被控参与680万美元医保诈骗，为远程医疗公司签预填矫形支具处方
美国司法部11月12日宣布，佛罗里达南区联邦大陪审团本周二递交起诉书，指控纽约州 Westchester 县 Armonk 的医生 Edgard Salazar（57岁）参与一项医保诈骗：他被指为从未发生的数千次问诊向联邦医疗保险（Medicare）开账，并为患者并不想要、也不需要的矫形支具签署处方，涉案虚假申报总额超过680万美元。
据法庭文件，远程医疗公司 TelevisitMD 被指安排 Salazar 签署预先填好的处方，受益人并不需要处方所列的矫形支具。Salazar 没有为这些受益人看诊或治疗，多数情况下甚至从未与他们通话；少数通话时，受益人明确表示不想要、也不需要矫形支具，他仍照样签字。他还被指为从未实际进行的远程问诊向 Medicare 开账。司法部称，Salazar 参与提交了超过680万美元的虚假欺诈性医保申报。
TelevisitMD 的所有者兼经营者 Christopher Harwood 已于2026年3月承认共谋医疗保健欺诈与电汇欺诈，并同意支付1,790万美元赔偿；上月，他因在该共谋中的角色被判处20年监禁。本案是同一诈骗链条的后续起诉。
Salazar 被控一项共谋医疗保健欺诈罪与五项医疗保健欺诈罪，如罪名成立，每项罪名最高可判10年监禁。司法部国家欺诈执法司助理部长 Colin M. McDonald、联邦调查局（FBI）迈阿密外勤办公室特别探员主管 Brett Skiles 与卫生与公众服务部监察长办公室代理副监察长 Miranda Bennett 宣布了起诉。本案由 FBI 与卫生与公众服务部监察长办公室（HHS-OIG）侦办，司法部欺诈司医疗保健欺诈科审判律师 Owen Dunn 负责起诉。
司法部表示，起诉书仅为指控，Salazar 在法庭证明有罪之前推定无罪。（来源：美国司法部）
Follow-Up: New York Doctor Charged in $6.8 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme for Signing Pre-Filled Orthotic Brace Prescriptions
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 12 that a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida returned an indictment on Tuesday charging Dr. Edgard Salazar, 57, of Armonk, in Westchester County, New York, in a Medicare fraud scheme. Salazar is accused of billing Medicare for thousands of consultations that never occurred and for orthotic braces that Medicare patients did not want or need, with more than $6.8 million in false and fraudulent claims allegedly submitted.
According to court documents, telemedicine company TelevisitMD allegedly had Salazar sign pre-filled prescriptions for Medicare beneficiaries who did not need the orthotic braces ordered in the prescriptions. Salazar did not examine or treat the beneficiaries and often did not speak to them at all. At times when he did speak to them, the beneficiaries told him they did not want or need orthotic braces, and he signed the prescriptions anyway. He also allegedly billed Medicare for telemedicine consultations he never performed.
Christopher Harwood, who owned and operated TelevisitMD, pleaded guilty in March 2026 to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud and agreed to pay $17.9 million in restitution. Last month, Harwood was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the conspiracy. The charge against Salazar is a follow-up indictment in the same fraud scheme.
Salazar is charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and five counts of health care fraud. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison on each count. Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the Justice Department's National Fraud Enforcement Division, Special Agent in Charge Brett Skiles of the FBI Miami Field Office, and Acting Deputy Inspector General for Investigations Miranda Bennett of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), made the announcement. The FBI and HHS-OIG investigated the case, and Trial Attorney Owen Dunn of the Fraud Division's Health Care Fraud Section is prosecuting it.
The Department of Justice said an indictment is merely an allegation, and Salazar is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
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