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\"\"A federal jury convicted two Florida doctors Monday for their roles in a scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting over $31 million in claims for expensive durable medical equipment (DME) that Medicare beneficiaries did not need and obtain through kickbacks, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to evidence presented at trial, Dean Zusmer, 54, of Miami, was a chiropractor who conspired with others to steal millions of dollars from Medicare. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Zusmer owned one of four DME companies that collectively billed Medicare over $31 million for medically unnecessary DME, of which over $15 million was paid.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Zusmer and his co-conspirators, including Jeremy Waxman, acquired patient referrals and signed doctors\u2019 orders by paying kickbacks to marketers who used overseas call centers to solicit patients and telemedicine companies to procure prescriptions for unnecessary braces for these patients.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Court documents and evidence presented at trial further demonstrated that Lawrence Alexander, M.D., 45, of Miami, was an orthopedic surgeon who owned one of the DME companies with Waxman and concealed both his and Waxman\u2019s roles in the scheme by putting the DME company in the name of one of Alexander\u2019s family members.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Zusmer was convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud, conspiracy to pay illegal health care kickbacks, paying illegal health care kickbacks, and false statements relating to health care matters. <\/span><\/p>\n

He is scheduled to be sentenced on April 20 and faces up to 10 years in prison on each of the following counts: conspiracy to commit health care fraud; health care fraud; and paying illegal health care kickbacks. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"whiteZusmer faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison for the following counts: conspiracy to pay illegal health care kickbacks and false statements relating to health care matters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alexander was convicted of false statements relating to healthcare matters. <\/span><\/p>\n

He is scheduled to be sentenced on April 20. He faces up to five years in prison. <\/span><\/p>\n

Waxman was previously sentenced to over 15 years in prison for his role in the scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trial Attorneys Catherine Wagner, Patrick Queenan, Meredith Hough, Jamie de Boer, and Keith Clouser of the Criminal Division\u2019s Fraud Section are prosecuting the case.<\/span><\/p>\n

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