A former family practitioner from Perrysburg, Ohio, will serve five years in prison following her guilty plea to healthcare fraud charges, according to a Toledo Blade news report.
Stacey Royal, MD, admitted to filing more than $900,000 in false claims to health insurance companies between Oct. 2004 and July 2009. In addition to her prison sentence, she has been ordered to pay the cost of the investigation by the Wood County Prosecutor's Office, the Ohio Department of Insurance and a corporate recovery firm, according to the report.
Dr. Royal must also perform 300 hours of community service, seek mental health counseling, disclose felony convictions to all medical boards and pay a $10,000 fine.
Read the Toledo Blade news report about Dr. Stacey Royal's sentence.
Read other coverage about physician fraud:
- Vermont Oral Surgeon Accused of 23 Counts of Medicaid Fraud Pleads Not Guilty
- Final Rule Proposed for Prescribing Controlled Substances in Florida Pain Clinics
- Florida Physician and Nurse's Sentences for Medicare Fraud Upheld by Federal Appeals Court
Stacey Royal, MD, admitted to filing more than $900,000 in false claims to health insurance companies between Oct. 2004 and July 2009. In addition to her prison sentence, she has been ordered to pay the cost of the investigation by the Wood County Prosecutor's Office, the Ohio Department of Insurance and a corporate recovery firm, according to the report.
Dr. Royal must also perform 300 hours of community service, seek mental health counseling, disclose felony convictions to all medical boards and pay a $10,000 fine.
Read the Toledo Blade news report about Dr. Stacey Royal's sentence.
Read other coverage about physician fraud:
- Vermont Oral Surgeon Accused of 23 Counts of Medicaid Fraud Pleads Not Guilty
- Final Rule Proposed for Prescribing Controlled Substances in Florida Pain Clinics
- Florida Physician and Nurse's Sentences for Medicare Fraud Upheld by Federal Appeals Court