Telemedicine Company Owner Pleads Guilty

Christopher Harwood, the owner and operator of telemedicine company TelevisitMD, pleaded guilty to organizing and leading a $46.2 million Medicare fraud conspiracy. Court documents say he and his co-conspirators targeted Medicare patients through aggressive telemarketing campaigns, inducing them to accept orthotic braces and genetic tests that they did not need. Harwood paid doctors to approve orders. Read a story from Lanier County News and a Department of Justice press release.

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