Doctor Indicted: Chemotherapy Drug Scam

Doctor Indicted: Chemotherapy Drug Scam

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Doctor Indicted - A Middle Tennessee doctor has been indicted on healthcare fraud charges. Dr. Young Moon practices in Crossville. [Healthcare Fraud News] This is part of a trend that first gained national attention in 2001, when Robert Courtney, a pharmacist, was indicted for diluting chemotherapy drugs. He pleaded guilty in 2002. Since the effectiveness of chemotherapy varies greatly, patients don’t know for sure whether they are getting full doses. To find chemotherapy fraud, you need to compare records of the pharmacy’s or doctor’s purchases to their bills. This requires looking at all bills for all payers, because otherwise, the perpetrator could be selling the same dose to multiple payers.