An officer at an Oklahoma military base has pleaded guilty to accepting thousands of dollars in kickbacks for referring health insurance beneficiaries to certain pharmacies.
Federal prosecutors say Maj. Romeatrius Moss, a nurse at the medical unit of Vance Air Force Base in Enid, pleaded guilty to soliciting and receiving a kickback on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City.
Court records allege Moss solicited and received $73,823 for steering individuals covered by TRICARE, a health insurance program for U.S. military members, to compounding pharmacies. Prosecutors allege Moss provided pre-printed prescription pads and sent doctors' prescriptions to specific compounding pharmacies, which paid her a percentage of the payments they received from TRICARE.
Moss' defense attorney, S. Thomas Adler II, did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.