Doctor Sentenced to Over a Year in Prison

Dr. Johann Farley was sentenced to one year and one day in prison followed by one year of supervised release after pleading guilty to health care fraud. He was also ordered to pay $557,000 in restitution. Farley ran an addiction treatment practice and many of his patients struggled with opioid addiction and relied on him to treat their addiction. Farley required patients to visit his office frequently, sometimes daily, but the visits only lasted a few minutes, and his patients often did not even see him. Yet, Farley submitted claims falsely representing that he had complex, extended visits with his patients for several hours each week. Read a Department of Justice press release.

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