Use of Telemedicine Growing in Compounding Schemes

A high-tech twist on a compounding medication scheme could be seen as a cautionary tale on the growing use of telemedicine in workers’ compensation. The arrest of a New Jersey physician last week has exposed a scheme that authorities said stretched from Florida to Tennessee to Illinois and involved the use of telemedicine companies that prescribed expensive and medically unnecessary pain creams — without a doctor ever seeing the patient. “I can’t talk about that,” said Dr. Bernard Ogon, of Burlington, New Jersey. He was reached at his home Tuesday, a few da...