Kansas doctor pleads guilty in Missouri court to health care fraud

Kansas City physician admits providing unnecessary care in return for kickbacks

The physician pleaded guilty to a federal count days before he was to go on trial.

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Kansas doctor pleads guilty in Missouri court to health care fraud

A medical doctor from the Kansas City, Kansas area admitted Friday to accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks for ordering medically unnecessary health care services for thousands of individuals. Scott Taggart Roethle, 47, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one count of health care fraud. He admitted that between […] The post Kansas doctor pleads guilty in Missouri court to health care fraud appeared first on K…