208 Doctors Named in Compound Drug Fraud Complaint

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefA whistleblower complaint alleging a scheme to defraud the federal government, State Compensation Insurance Fund and other workers' compensation carriers by billing for compound drugs that were not dispensed names as defendants 201 California doctors, many of whom are also qualified medical evaluators.The doctors, including one who is a suspect in a 2008 murder in Santa Monica, allegedly wrote prescriptions for patients who they did not see or who they had reason to believe did not need the medications, according to the complaint.The complaint, filed by t...