QME Pleads Guilty in Compound Kickback Scheme

A Southern California physician who worked as a qualified medical evaluator agreed to forfeit nearly $1 million he received in kickbacks for prescribing compound drugs as part of what a federal grand jury alleges to be a $175 million fraud scheme. Dr. Domenic Signorelli, 51, on Sunday signed an agreement to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy. Signorelli is a QME specializing in podiatry with offices in Costa Mesa, Covina, Hawaiian Gardens, Huntington Park, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Pomona and Riverside, according to the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s online QME datab...