Mu Epulo 2021, dipatimenti ya Zachilungamo idadzudzula ogulitsa mafupa anayi komanso eni ake amakampani angapo ogulitsa chifukwa chokonzekera kubweza ndalama ndi chiphuphu mdziko lonse kuti ayitanitsa ma stenti osafunikira kwa omwe adzapindule ndi inshuwaransi yachipatala.

Dzulo, tidakambirana momwe DOJ idayambira kulabadira zachinyengo kuzungulira mliri wa COVID-19.Lero, nkhaniyi ikuwunikanso mutu wina "wotentha" wa DOJ-telemedicine.M'chaka chatha, tawona telemedicine ikukhala yotchuka kwambiri kuposa kale lonse.Monga momwe munthu angayembekezere, chifukwa chake, Dipatimenti Yachilungamo (DOJ) ikuwoneka kuti ikuyang'ana kwambiri pa telemedicine kuti iwonetsetse kuti malamulo a federal akutsatira.
Mu Epulo 2021, dipatimenti ya Zachilungamo idadzudzula ogulitsa mafupa anayi komanso eni ake amakampani angapo ogulitsa chifukwa chokonzekera kubweza ndalama ndi chiphuphu mdziko lonse kuti ayitanitsa ma stenti osafunikira kwa omwe adzapindule ndi inshuwaransi yachipatala.
Oyimbidwa asanu omwe akuimbidwa mlandu ndi awa: Thomas Farese ndi Pat Truglia, eni ake ogulitsa ma stent a mafupa, omwe akuimbidwa mlandu umodzi wofuna kuchita chinyengo chachipatala komanso milandu itatu yachinyengo pachipatala;Christopher Cirri ndi Nicholas DeFonte, kampani yotsatsa malonda achinyengo Olemba ndi ogwira ntchito, adayimbidwa mlandu umodzi wochita chinyengo chachipatala;Domenic Gatto, yemwe ndi mwini wake komanso wogwira ntchito m'malo ogulitsa mafupa a mafupa, adayimbidwa mlandu umodzi wochitira chiwembu chochitira chinyengo kuchipatala.
M'malo mwake, boma linanena kuti kuyambira Okutobala 2017 mpaka Epulo 2019, woimbidwa mlandu adachita chiwembu chapadziko lonse chobera a Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) Medicare, Tricare, Civilian Health and Medical Programme, ndi mapulogalamu ena opindulitsa azachipatala a Federal and Private Health. .Oyimbidwawo akuti adalipira ndikulandila ziwongola dzanja zosagwirizana ndi malamulo posinthana ndi zida za mafupa zomwe sizinali zofunikira pachipatala, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti ndalama zokwana madola 65 miliyoni ziwonongeke.
Dipatimenti Yachilungamo inaimbanso Truglia, Cirri, ndi DeFonte chifukwa chogwira ntchito kapena kulamulira malo oitanira malonda kuti apemphe odwala ndikuwapangitsa kuti alandire zingwe za mafupa, kaya akuzifuna kapena ayi.Oyimbidwa atatuwo adapereka ziphuphu zosaloledwa ndi ziphuphu kumakampani opanga ma telemedicine kuti asinthe madotolo ndi othandizira ena kuti asayine ma bracing order ndi kulumbira zabodza kufunikira kwawo kwachipatala.Oimbidwa mlandu atatuwo adabisanso ziwongola dzanja ndi ziphuphu posayina mapangano abodza ndi makampani achinyengo a telemedicine ndikupereka ma invoice a "malonda" kapena "bizinesi process outsourcing".
Farese ndi Truglia adagula ma stent odawa kudzera kwa ogulitsa mafupa a mafupa ku Georgia ndi Florida, momwe adalipiritsa mapologalamu azaumoyo ku federal ndi payekhapayekha poitanitsa.Kuphatikiza apo, pofuna kubisa chidwi chawo cha umwini kwa wogulitsa mabaketi, Farese ndi Truglia adagwiritsa ntchito eni ake mwadzina ndipo adapereka mayina awa ku Medicare.
Dandaulo linanenanso kuti Gatto adalumikiza Cirri ndi DeFonte ndi anzawo ena omwe adapangana nawo chiwembu ndipo adakonza zoti agulitse ma stent a mafupa kwa ogulitsa mafupa ku New Jersey ndi Florida posinthanitsa ndi ziwopsezo zosaloledwa zachipatala ndi ziphuphu.Gatto (ndi ena) ndiye adalipira ndalama kwa Cirri ndi DeFonte kwa aliyense wolandila chithandizo chamankhwala m'boma, ndipo ma stent awo a mafupa adagulitsidwa kwa othandizira mafupa.Monga tafotokozera pamwambapa, pofuna kubisa ziphuphu ndi ziphuphu, Xili ndi Defonte adatulutsa ma invoice abodza, ndikulemba zolipirazo ngati "ndalama zamalonda" ndi "bizinesi kukonza kugulitsa kunja".Mofanana ndi Farese ndi Truglia, Gatto adabisa umwini wake wa wogulitsa stent pogwiritsa ntchito mwiniwakeyo pa fomu yomwe inatumizidwa ku Medicare, ndipo adagwiritsa ntchito kampani ya zipolopolo kusamutsa ndalama zomwe adalipira kwa wogulitsa.
Milandu yomwe woimbidwa mlandu akukumana nayo amalangidwa mpaka zaka 10 m'ndende komanso chindapusa cha $ 250,000, kapena kuwirikiza kawiri phindu kapena kutayika konse komwe kunabwera chifukwa cha mlanduwo (chilichonse chomwe chili chapamwamba).
Thomas Sullivan ndi mkonzi wa ndondomeko ndi mankhwala komanso pulezidenti wa Rockpointe Corporation, kampani yomwe inakhazikitsidwa ku 1995 kuti ipititse patsogolo maphunziro a zachipatala kwa akatswiri azachipatala padziko lonse lapansi.Asanakhazikitse Rockpointe, Thomas adagwira ntchito ngati mlangizi wandale.