BONE GROWTH STIM CONVICTIONS MOUNT (Orthopedics This Week)
The drip, drip, drip of former Orthofix, Inc. employees convicted of cheating Medicare to sell bone growth stimulator devices continues.
Hunter Rigsby Pleads Guilty
On May 14, 2013, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts announced that Hunter Rigsby, a former territory manager, pled guilty to health care fraud and paying kickbacks from 2005 through 2011 while selling Orthofix bone growth stimulators in Tennessee.
According to the announcement, Medicare only pays for “long bone” stimulators when at least 90 days have elapsed withou...
