Criminal convictions and civil settlements have been announced against a second wave of doctors who participated in nationwide telemedicine fraud schemes by ordering medically unnecessary orthotic braces and genetic testing, allegedly wasting Medicare dollars to line their own pockets. These actions follow nationwide takedowns of so-called “marketers” and owners of medical supply companies and genetic testing laboratories who worked together to conduct large-scale schemes to defraud Medicare. Federal investigators initiated these investigations based on a detailed review of Medicare data relating to expensive braces and genetic tests, which sometimes exceed $8,000 per test. Read a story from Wood TV and a Department of Justice press release.