{"id":42778,"date":"2021-05-21T16:49:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T23:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=42778"},"modified":"2021-05-21T16:49:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T23:49:02","slug":"surgeon-sentenced-to-15-months-in-prison-for-accepting-illegal-payments-for-patient-referrals-for-spinal-surgeries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=42778","title":{"rendered":"Surgeon Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Accepting Illegal Payments for Patient Referrals for Spinal Surgeries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv4176630079MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SANTA ANA, California\u00a0\u2013 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4176630079MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">An orthopedic surgeon was sentenced Friday to 15 months in federal prison for accepting nearly $623,000 in bribes and kickbacks, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4176630079MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/skid-row\/judge-gavel\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39979\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-39979\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/judge-gavel-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a>Dr. Jeffrey David Gross accepted the illegal payments in exchange for referring his patients to receive spinal surgeries at a corrupt Long Beach hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4176630079MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton sentenced Gross, 55, who resides in Dana Point and Las Vegas, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4176630079MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The judge also ordered gross to forfeit $622,936. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4176630079MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Gross pleaded guilty in August 2020 to one felony count of conspiracy to commit honest services mail and wire fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4176630079MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/former-receptionist-stole-446000-medical-office-new-jersey\/department-of-justice-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6759\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6759 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> The kickback scheme centered on Pacific Hospital in Long Beach, which specialized in surgeries, especially spinal and orthopedic procedures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4176630079MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"> The owner of Pacific Hospital,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-cdca\/pr\/former-hospital-owner-sentenced-over-5-years-prison-orchestrating-scheme-paid-over-40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Michael D. Drobot<\/a>, conspired with doctors, chiropractors and marketers to pay kickbacks in return for the referral of thousands of patients to Pacific Hospital for spinal surgeries and other medical services paid for primarily through the California workers\u2019 compensation system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4176630079MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">During its final five years, the scheme resulted in the submission of more than $500 million in fraudulent medical bills. To date, 15\u00a0defendants have been convicted for participating in the kickback scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4176630079MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/gang-members-sentenced-to-more-than-15-years-in-prison-for-drug-related-shooting\/photo-by-tingey-injury-law-firm-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40174\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-40174\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/l4ygusg0fxs.jpg\" alt=\"woman in gold dress holding sword figurine\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/federal-immigration-official-originally-from-nigeria-charged-with-faking-entry-into-u-s\/photo-by-bill-oxford-26\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-42403\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-42403\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/udxd2nrbxs8.jpg\" alt=\"gray knuckles\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/a>From 2008 to 2013, Gross, a licensed neurosurgeon who operated Oasis Medical Providers Inc. in Laguna Niguel, agreed with Drobot to participate in a scheme to defraud patients of their right to honest services by accepting bribes and kickbacks that were paid to induce Gross to refer patients to Pacific Hospital for spinal surgeries and other medical services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4176630079MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In February 2008, Gross agreed with Drobot to sublease Oasis\u2019s medical office space to a Pacific Hospital-affiliated company, Pacific Specialty Physician Management Inc. (PSPM), in return for monthly payments of $15,000. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4176630079MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In November 2008, Gross entered into an option contract with PSPM in which Oasis was paid $15,000 per month to purchase the accounts receivable and all other tangible assets of Oasis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4176630079MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">For both the sublease and option agreements, Gross knew and understood that one purpose of the agreements was to induce him to bring certain spinal surgery patients to Pacific Hospital, though that information wasn\u2019t specified on the lease agreement, nor did Gross disclose that information to his patients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4176630079MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">PSPM paid Oasis $145,000 under the sublease agreement and $105,000 under the option agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4176630079MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In April 2009, Gross entered into an outsourced collections agreement with Pacific Hospital that called for him to assist with collections on some of the spinal surgery cases that he performed at that hospital in exchange for 15 percent of any amounts the hospital collected in relation to those surgeries. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4176630079MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">This agreement, later amended, called for Gross to be paid 10 percent of the collected amount on other outpatient surgeries. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4176630079MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">During surgeries, if Gross used hardware from International Implants (I2), a Drobot-formed hardware distribution company, he was advanced $5,000 regardless of subsequent collections, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4176630079MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Once again, Gross did not disclose this information to his patients. Pacific Hospital paid Oasis $372,936 under this agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4176630079MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In total, between April 2008 and May 2013, Drobot paid Gross $622,936 pursuant to these agreements. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4176630079MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">During the same period, Gross referred dozens of patients to Pacific Hospital for spinal surgeries based in part on payments made to him under those agreements.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SANTA ANA, California\u00a0\u2013 An orthopedic surgeon was sentenced Friday to 15 months in federal prison for accepting nearly $623,000 in bribes and kickbacks, according to officials. 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