Dec 16, 2020
TRAVERSE CITY â Older women in the greater Traverse City, Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids area may have been victimized in multiple ways if treated for incontinence by a particular traveling medical outfit.
Officials said four people have now pleaded guilty to crimes as an outcome of a federal investigation into both the misuse of medical devices and health care fraud, often during medical visits with senior women at long-term care and skilled nursing facilities. Three have already been sentenced.
Authorities said an investigation revealed a medical device manufacturer employee, as well as a doctor and his nurse practitioner spouse, conspired to wrongly use medical equipment during a therapy practice called pelvic muscle rehabilitation. All three have now pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for Michiganâs Western District to charges stemming from the scheme.