United States Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced that Jamie P. Loggins, MD has agreed to pay $629,056.76 to settle allegations that he violated the federal False Claims Act. The civil settlement agreement resolves allegations that Loggins prescribed orthotic braces that were not medically necessary to individuals with whom he had no valid prescriber-patient relationship. As alleged by the Government, from September 2018 through November 2022, Loggins caused claims to be submitted to Medicare for payment for medical services that were not reasonably medically necessary or for which medical necessity could not be determined. More specifically, the Government alleges that Loggins worked with a telemedicine company to provide telemedicine consultations and consultation services. As part of those services, Loggins would review prepared intake forms, which included purported complaint information for a beneficiary and prepared prescriptions for orthotic braces. Frequently, the intake forms included multiple complaints and prescriptions for orthotic braces for each individual beneficiary. The Government alleges that Dr. Loggins would then electronically sign these prescriptions, despite there being no valid prescriber-patient relationship and no medical necessity for the claims.
