An Indiana man and an Arizona man admitted their roles in a healthcare fraud conspiracy in which they received payment for doctors’ orders for durable medical equipment (DME), namely orthotic braces, and genetic test referrals. Scott Wohrman, 50, of Florence, Arizona, pleaded guilty by videoconference to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to violate the Federal Anti-Kickback statute and one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. On Jan. 24, 2023, David Heneghan, 53, of Indianapolis, Indiana, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Federal Anti-Kickback statute and conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud.
Heneghan and Wohrman operated American Health Screening (AHS), a company that purportedly provided marketing services to laboratories. From July 2020 through January 2021, Heneghan, Wohrman, and others agreed to engage in a scheme to provide DME orders and genetic testing referrals for Medicare beneficiaries in exchange for kickbacks of approximately $1,500 per patient or for each test that resulted in a reimbursement from Medicare. Heneghan and Wohrman entered into a sham contract and utilized fraudulent invoices to make it appear that AHS was being paid for legitimate services and to conceal their fraudulent kickback scheme. Heneghan and Wohrman received kickbacks of at least $547,310 for durable medical equipment and at least $18,319 for genetic testing. Heneghan and Wohrman’s scheme resulted in an actual loss to Medicare of at least $565,629.
