Los Angeles County Files False Claims Act Complaint against Drobots, Pacific Hospital

The County of Los Angeles on Friday filed a complaint against former Pacific Hospital of Long Beach owner Michael D. Drobot and his son for allegedly bilking its workers' compensation plan out of millions of dollars with false claims. The county alleges that Drobot and his son had coordinated a scheme through which Pacific Hospital had submitted invoices for unnecessary procedures and grossly inflated surgical implants. The four-count complaint centers on allegations that the hospital had purchased spinal surgery devices from International Implants, a company which Drobot and h...