Alligator-Wrestling Doctor Convicted in Nasty Fraud Scheme: The Jaw-Dropping Numbers
Dr. Frank Patino is a living example of the saying “the higher you climb, the harder you fall.” The charismatic character has become known for a variety of things, including his dieting system, his work as a doctor, his…
Dr. Frank Patino is a living example of the saying “the higher you climb, the harder you fall.”
The charismatic character has become known for a variety of things, including his dieting system, his work as a doctor, his support of mixed martial arts, photos showing him wrestling an alligator and his many shirtless photos sprinkled across social media.
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But that version of Patino has come to an end. Now his name is being associated with questionable medical practices and one of the largest health care Fraud schemes in U.S. history, according to The Detroit News.
Years of investigations uncovered astonishing witness accounts of horrible personal life choices as well as the fact that Patino prescribed far more opioids to his patients than necessary, which were then leaked onto the streets, in exchange for being able to bill their insurance for unnecessary spinal injections.
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“According to the superseding indictment, Patino forced patients to submit to unnecessary and sometimes painful back injections and other procedures in exchange for the opioid prescriptions as part of a scheme to defraud Medicare of over $120 million,” reads a news release from the