Ronald David Dean was sentenced to six months in prison for his part in a telemedicine conspiracy that resulted in false billing for Medicare, durable medical equipment & COVID-19 tests
MISSOULA, Montana—A Whitefish, Montana, doctor was sentenced to six months in prison, six months of home confinement and one year of supervised released after admitting to defrauding Medicare and other federal government health programs through a telemedicine conspiracy, which resulted in more than $31 million in false billing. Additionally, the doctor has been fined $100,000 and ordered to pay more than $780,509 in restitution.