Physician and ‘Prolific Biller’ Faces 30 Years for Medicare Fraud

A Michigan physician pleading guilty to billing Medicare for prescribing an addictive opioid for no medical reason and for tests he never performed agreed to pay millions in forfeiture but still faces up to 30 years in prison (United States v. Awerbuch, E.D. Mich., 16-cr-20363, guilty plea 11/7/16).

Gavin Awerbuch, a licensed physician, pleaded guilty Nov. 7 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to knowingly and intentionally violating the law by distributing controlled substances for no legitimate medical purpose and intentionally devising a scheme to defraud a health- ...