by federal authorities of profiting off medically unnecessary surgeries, including procedures that allegedly left at least one patient paralyzed.
Dr. Wilson Asfora is being sued by the U.S. government under the False Claims Act. Asfora allegedly received kickbacks from two medical device distribution companies he owned and operated, Medical Designs and Sicage. Feds say the doctor implanted devices such as the"Asfora Bullet Cage" in complex spinal surgeries that were medically unnecessary.
Some of the surgeries were allegedly performed on the wrong area of a patient's body and may have left at least one patient paralyzed, according to the"The Department of Justice will seek to hold accountable physicians and medical device companies that receive or pay illegal kickbacks in any form," said Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt of the Department of Justice's Civil Division in a Thursday press release.
The neurosurgeon is accused of needlessly performing complex spinal surgeries to profit off implanting medical devices from companies he owned.In another case related to Asfora's alleged activities, the U.S. Department of Justice settled a whistleblower lawsuit with his former employer Sanford Health for $20.25 million in October. The 2016 lawsuit was unsealed in June, and the company initially claimed the allegations against Asfora were"bogus," but fired him in August.
"I stand by my work as a physician and made every single medical decision based solely on my judgment as to what was the best for my patient, not myself," said Asfora at the time of the settlement, in aLike the suit settled by Sanford Health, the new complaint is a whistleblower lawsuit. Whistleblower lawsuits allow individuals to file suit on behalf of the government, and later receive a share of any money recovered as a result.
You don’t need to be a brain surgeon to figure out that scam......wait.
He should be forced to provide free health screenings....to his fellow inmates