Two More Docs Plead Guilty in Forest Park Kickback-Referral Scheme

Two more physicians, including a co-founder of Forest Park Medical Center in Texas, have pleaded guilty in a far-reaching federal investigation that involved as much as $200 million in bribes and kickbacks. Wade Neal Barker, a bariatric surgeon and co-founder of the specialty care hospital, pleaded guilty in August to paying kickbacks to physicians, lawyers and workers' compensation preauthorization specialists to refer patients to the Dallas hospital, and then fraudulently billing the Federal Employees' Compensation Act program and other insurers, according to court records. Da...