Baton Rouge physician Dr. Gray Wesley Barrow pled guilty Tuesday for his role in what the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Louisiana describes as a scheme to receive approximately $336,000 in illegal health care kickback payments.
Barrow co-owns Louisiana Spine & Sports LLC, a pain management clinic located on Bluebonnet Boulevard near Jefferson Highway, with Dr. John Clark. Barrow allegedly sent urine samples collected from patients to a drug testing laboratory in return for a percentage of the reimbursements paid to the laboratory by health care benefit programs, including Medicare, according to plea documents.
Barrow admitted in a hearing before U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson to receiving approximately $336,000 in disbursements from the laboratory after sending urine samples between April 2014 and July 2016.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on March 1, 2019, according to a separate statement from the Department of Justice.
Clark was indicted last year for being part of a $4.4 million fraud scheme in which he and his billing supervisor allegedly submitted false claims to Medicare and private insurance companies on behalf of Louisiana Spine & Sports.
Calls placed to Louisiana Spine & Sports for comment went not returned before this afternoon’s deadline.
