Doctor must pay $26M for fraudulent scripts for braces
By HME News Staff
Updated 8:43 AM CDT, Mon March 10, 2025
DALLAS – Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has secured 10 years in federal prison and $26.6 million in restitution for Dr. David M. Young of Fredericksburg, Texas, who was sentenced for his role in a scheme to defraud government health care programs by prescribing DME and genetic tests without seeing treating patients. Young signed thousands of fraudulent prescriptions and medical records for unnecessary orthotic braces and cancer genetic testing for more than 13,000 Medicare beneficiaries – many of whom he never spoke to or examined—including undercover agents posing as patients, resulting in the fraudulent billing of more than $70 million to health care programs. “Medicaid fraud steals hundreds of millions from the taxpayers, and I will relentlessly pursue those who exploit these programs,” Paxton said. “This doctor will pay more than $26 million in restitution and spend 10 years in jail for his actions. In the past four years my office has recovered nearly $1 billion for Texas taxpayers and I will continue to do everything in my power to hold wrongdoers accountable.” Since 2020, the MFCU has recovered more than $990 million in settlements, judgments and restitution for Texas taxpayers. The MFCU receives 75% of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $22.7 million for fiscal year 2024. The remaining 25%, totaling $7.5 million, is funded by the state of Texas.
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