A federal grand jury returned a twenty-four-count indictment charging four individuals for their roles in healthcare fraud conspiracy that billed more than $20 million in false claims to the Medicare program. Named in the indictment are Thomas Mox, 53, of Grove City, Ohio; Ryan Casady, 49, of Uniontown, Ohio; Elizabeth Baljak, 35, of Pataskala, Ohio and Megan Ilg, 53, of Grafton, Ohio. Defendant MOX owned and operated a medical marketing company in Grove City, and a durable medical equipment company in Columbus. Defendant Casady owned and operated separate durable medical equipment companies located in Uniontown. Defendants Baljak and Ilg were nurse practitioners, licensed and certified by the State of Ohio.
According to the indictment, from on or about March 2, 2018, to on or about September 9, 2019, the Defendants are accused of conspiring together to defraud Medicare by obtaining payment for unnecessary medical claims. Baljak and Ilg, while working for telemedicine companies, are accused of signing prescriptions for medical braces regardless of medical necessity, without a physical examination and frequently without any contact with the beneficiary whatsoever. It is alleged that these telemedicine companies would then transfer the prescriptions to medical marketing companies, including one owned by Mox, who would then use them as part of an unlawful package of Medicare beneficiary leads sold to durable medical equipment companies. Casady and others are accused of providing bribes and kickbacks to Mox in exchange for the leads packages, which they would then use to arrange for the ordering of the medical braces for beneficiaries.
