Former Georgia State Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine pleaded guilty to charges of entering a conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud on Friday.
According to the announcement by the US Department of Justice, Oxendine and a co-conspirator referred unnecessary medical tests to a lab company in Texas to enrich themselves through hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks.
US Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan said, as presented in court, Oxendine conspired with Dr. Jeffrey Gallups to submit fraudulent insurance claims for medically unnecessary testing procedures.
In return for directing the tests, Oxendine and Gallups were given a 50% kickback for the net
