In a significant victory against health care fraud, Gary Cox, the 79-year-old CEO of Power Mobility Doctor Rx, LLC (DMERx), was convicted by a federal jury on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. Cox was found guilty for his central role in a sophisticated conspiracy that generated false doctors' orders, leading to fraudulent bills to Medicare and other federal health care programs exceeding $1 billion . According to the Department of Justice, Cox and his co-conspirators operated an internet-based platform, DMERx, which served as the hub for this extensive fraud. The scheme targeted hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries through misleading mailers, television advertisements, and calls from offshore call centers. These tactics were used to obtain beneficiaries' personal information and their agreement to accept medically unnecessary items like orthotic braces and pain creams. Here's how the scheme worked: DMERx connected pharmacies, durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers, a...