A Missouri clinic owner pleaded guilty to scamming the Department of Veteran Affairs into paying for medical examinations administered by a disgraced doctor. \u00a0\u00a0
In April 2013, IMC secured a contract with Logistics Health, Inc., to provide disability examinations for veterans to determine the VA benefits. Biersmith used a licensed physician to conduct the early examinations, but when that physician left in July 2013, IMC employed Wayne W. Williamson, 74, of Kansas City to continue the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officials said Williamson was formerly a physician, but lost his license in 2010 after pleading guilty to “health care fraud; conspiracy to distribute Oxycotin, Percocet and Xanax; and harassing or attempting to harass an investigator with the Missouri State Board of Healing Arts.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After serving a three-year sentence, Williamson became an occasional medical consultant for IMC, despite being banned from participating in Medicaid or Medicare due to his previous conviction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Williamson admitted to investigators that he conducted the disability examinations, violating the VA\u2019s contract with Logistics Health, Inc., and IMC billed the agency more than $39,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Logistics Health contacted the VA Office of the Inspector General in April 2014 to report the activity. The VA would later re-adjudicate all the suspect claims made by IMC, conducting re-examinations and claims reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Williamson later pleaded guilty to an unrelated health fraud case in January 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Biersmith also admitted to making false statements related to the drug and medical examinations of commercial vehicle drivers, violating Department of Transportation regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The IMC owner told investigators in a signed affidavit that he “had only signed a \u2018few\u2019 physicals and only before, during or after an examination had been performed by a chiropractor.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Investigators later discovered that he signed the chiropractor\u2019s name to 65 physicals, even when the chiropractor had not conducted the exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Biersmith could face up to 15 years in federal prison without parole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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