Roger D. Beyer, MD, was sentenced to 57 months of incarceration for his involvement in a conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and 12 months of incarceration to run concurrently for the adulteration of medical devices. He also was ordered to pay $5,000 in fines in conjunction with the charges as well as three years of supervised release to follow imprisonment for the healthcare fraud conspiracy charge and one year of supervised release for the adulteration charge. Dr. Beyer owned and operated the now-shuttered Urological Solutions of Michigan (“USM”), a mobile medical practice providing urological services to patients in their homes and assisted living facilities in the greater Traverse City, Grand Rapids, and Kalamazoo areas, and Women’s Health Care Specialists (WHCS), a gynecology practice located in Kalamazoo. Dr. Beyer engaged in several fraud schemes committed by USM and WHCS, resulting in approximately $883,000 in false claims submitted by the practices and paid by Medicare. These schemes included billing pelvic muscle rehabilitation (“PMR) therapy using improper—and more lucrative—diagnostic codes, billing for evaluation and management (“E&M”) services that did not occur, and billing for the services of an unlicensed nurse assistant.
Dr. Beyer was also sentenced for the adulteration of medical devices at USM and WHCS. During the fraud investigation, investigators discovered that USM and WHCS reused a single-user rectal pressure sensor on multiple patients as part of the PMR therapy, covering the device with the finger of a surgical glove. WHCS staff also reused a single-use anorectal manometry catheter on multiple patients as part of an initial diagnostic study with patients with potential fecal incontinence, covering the device with a condom. The reuse of these medical devices was in contravention with the devices’ instructions for use and inconsistent with the device clearances by the Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”).
