Feds Ask to Merge Restitution Hearings in Pacific Hospital Cases

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to schedule concurrent restitution hearings for Michael D. Drobot, his son and a former chief financial officer who oversaw the spinal surgery kickback scheme at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach alleged to have bilked California workers’ compensation carriers out of more than $500 million. U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton on Jan. 12 sentenced Drobot to serve 63 months in prison, pay a fine of $500,000 and forfeit $10 million in personal assets for orchestrating the kickback scheme at the hospital he used to own. The judge ordered Dr...