Here are three kickback schemes involving physicians that Becker's has reported on since Nov. 2:
1. Yitzchok Kurtzer, MD, and his wife, Robin Kurtzer, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging them with conspiracy to violate the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute.
2. Payam Toobian, MD, a Kings Point, N.Y.-based physician, has been found guilty in a kickback scheme that defrauded Medicaid and subjected patients to procedures they did not need.
3. Oakland, Calif.-based physician Henry Geoffrey Watson, MD, was convicted for accepting kickbacks for patient referrals, healthcare fraud and false statements.