Judge Denies Texas Doctor’s Dismissal Motion In RICO Insurance Fraud Suit

Mealey's (February 28, 2023, 1:01 PM EST) -- SAN ANTONIO — A Texas federal judge denied a physician’s dismissal motion in a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) fraud suit filed against him by insurers alleging that he submitted fraudulent medical bills inflating the severity of patients’ injuries for medically unnecessary injections, finding that the insurers alleged facts to link the physician’s purported fraudulent conduct to the insurers’ purported harm and have shown that the money the insurers paid for “alleged artificially inflated claims” belongs to them....