{"id":50688,"date":"2022-08-26T21:30:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T04:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=50688"},"modified":"2022-08-26T21:32:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T04:32:47","slug":"chiropractor-sentenced-to-14-months-in-federal-prison-for-getting-kickback-for-referring-patients-for-spinal-surgeries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=50688","title":{"rendered":"Chiropractor Sentenced to 14 Months in Federal Prison for Getting Kickback for Referring Patients for Spinal Surgeries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"msg-body P_wpofO mq_AS\" data-test-id=\"message-view-body-content\">\n<div class=\"jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5\">\n<div id=\"yiv9404525131\">\n<div class=\"yiv9404525131WordSection1\">\n<table class=\"yiv9404525131MsoTableGrid\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"623\">\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50357 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/40657-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/40657-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/40657-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/40657-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/40657-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/40657.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A South Bay chiropractor was sentenced Friday to 14 months in federal prison for taking kickbacks from Pacific Hospital \u2013 a corrupt medical center in Long Beach whose owner was later imprisoned \u2013 and for soliciting kickbacks from another Southern California hospital, officials stated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brian Carrico, 68, of Redondo Beach, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton, who also ordered him to pay a $25,000 fine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/photo-by-kenny-eliason\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50690\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50690 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jxf0r8imlgi-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jxf0r8imlgi-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jxf0r8imlgi-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jxf0r8imlgi-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jxf0r8imlgi-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/jxf0r8imlgi.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> Carrico pleaded guilty on February 24 to one count of soliciting kickbacks \u2013 the same day his two Redondo Beach-based companies, Performance Medical &amp; Rehab Center Inc., and One Accord Management Inc., each plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to solicit kickbacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Judge Staton also sentenced Carrico\u2019s companies to one year of probation and fined them each $250,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/photo-by-toa-heftiba-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50691\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50691 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/a9pfsc8dtlo-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"man massaging woman's body\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/a9pfsc8dtlo-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/a9pfsc8dtlo-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/a9pfsc8dtlo-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/a9pfsc8dtlo.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Carrico is a licensed chiropractor and owned Performance Medical &amp; Rehab Center, which treated injured workers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Surgeons saw patients at Performance Medical\u2019s offices. Carrico also owned One Accord Management, which provided billing, collection and other support services for Performance Medical.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 His criminal partner, William Parker, 68, of Redondo Beach, owned Union Choice Therapy Network, which had a contract with Pacific Hospital and paid One Accord money from that contract. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/photo-by-kenny-eliason-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50692\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50692 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ouplw8egjuw-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ouplw8egjuw-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ouplw8egjuw-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ouplw8egjuw-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ouplw8egjuw-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ouplw8egjuw.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Last month, Parker was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison and was fined $5,500. He pleaded guilty on February 24 to one count of soliciting kickbacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 From June 2004 to December 2013, Carrico and Parker participated in a kickback scheme in which Pacific Hospital overpaid for the value of services performed under its Union Choice contract to induce Carrico and Parker to refer patients to Pacific Hospital for surgeries and other treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50341 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1063249-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1063249-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1063249-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1063249-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1063249.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> Pacific Hospital specialized in surgeries, especially spinal and orthopedic procedures. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">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=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 During its final five years, the scheme resulted in the submission of more than $500 million in medical bills for spine surgeries involving kickbacks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">To date, 22 defendants have been convicted for participating in the kickback scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In April 2013, law enforcement searched Pacific Hospital. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5851 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Image-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Image-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Image-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Image-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Image-95x64.jpg 95w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Image.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Later that year, Carrico learned Pacific Hospital was going to be sold and the kickback scheme would end. Rather than cease their criminal conduct after the Pacific Hospital search, Carrico and Parker then approached an executive at a different hospital and solicited kickbacks from him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Specifically, Carrico and Parker offered a\u00a0<i>quid pro quo<\/i>\u00a0in which the referral of patients to the hospital was contingent on that hospital entering into a management services agreement with Union Choice. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6172 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Insider-Trading-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Insider-Trading-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Insider-Trading-45x35.jpg 45w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Insider-Trading.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Under the proposed agreement, the hospital would have paid Union Choice a total of $110,000 over the span of four months \u2013 more than the market value of the services performed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 While not written<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50689 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hblf2nvp-yc-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"person massaging the back of a woman\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hblf2nvp-yc-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hblf2nvp-yc-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hblf2nvp-yc-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hblf2nvp-yc-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hblf2nvp-yc.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; text-align: center;\">into the contract, Carrico and Parker would c<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; text-align: center;\">ause the referrals of Performance Medical patients to go to this hospital. The hospital\u2019s executive ultimately rejected the deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201c[Carrico], as the licensed medical professional, had control and influence over the location where patients had spinal surgeries,\u201d prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum. \u201cPatients are not commodities that can be traded for kickbacks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General, the FBI, IRS Criminal Investigation, and the California Department of Insurance investigated this matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9404525131MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant United States Attorneys Joseph T. 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