Nov. 4, 2021 – Prosecutors said the brothers found patients through recruiters who offered illegal kickbacks to patients, including airline tickets, illegal drugs, and cash. The patients would be shuffled between the two facilities so the brothers could fraudulently bill for as much as possible.
Recruiters gave patients illegal drugs prior to admission to Compass Detox to ensure they’d be admitted for detox, which was the most expensive kind of treatment offered by the defendants’ facilities, prosecutors said.
Therapy sessions were billed for but not regularly provided or attended, and excessive, medically unnecessary urinalysis drug tests were ordered, for patients, prosecutors said. Patients were also given a so-called “Comfort Drink” to sedate them, and to keep them coming back, along with large and potentially harmful amounts of controlled substances, prosecutors said. Certain patients were also routinely re-admitted and repeatedly…
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