6 doctors charged in alleged $464 million scheme to prey on addicts

6 doctors charged in alleged $464 million scheme to prey on addicts:
"Five metro Detroit doctors and one from the Grand Rapids area have been indicted for allegedly running a $464 million health care fraud scheme that involved millions of opioid drugs and unnecessary medical procedures in Southeastern Michigan, federal officials announced Thursday.
An indictment unsealed Thursday says the doctors prescribed opioids to induce people to visit and patients were forced to undergo other treatments.
Nearly $500 million was billed to insurers, mostly Medicare and Medicaid, the officials said.
...The alleged ringleader was Rajendra Bothra, M.D., who operated pain clinics in Warren and Eastpointe.
...The doctors are accused of issuing more than 13,217,987 doses of opioids, including oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, and hydromorphone, from January 2013 through November 2018..."
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