24 January 2024
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A Florida doctor who pleaded guilty in 2022 to illegally receiving kickbacks had his Kansas medical license revoked on Wednesday.
Sean O’Rourke, 56, of Lakeland, Florida, pleaded guilty in November 2022 to soliciting and receiving remuneration (kickbacks and bribes) in return for ordering medical services and items paid for by a federal health care program.
The Kansas State Board of Healing Arts announced Wednesday his license was revoked. A search on the Board of Healing Arts Licensee and Registrant Search shows his license as such.
Documents show under Kansas law, a license shall be revoked where the licensee has been convicted of a felony, whether it is related to the practice of healing arts or not.
A news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office says the crime happened from 2018 to 2020.
According to court documents, O’Rourke entered into an illegal agreement in 2018 with a company in which the company completed doctors’ orders for Medicare and CHAMPVA beneficiaries via an internet-based platform.
O’Rourke would then access the platform, open the completed orders, and electronically sign the orders in exchange for a payment of $25 per patient beneficiary.
For example, the USAO said in May 2019, O’Rourke received a payment of $5,500 from a company for electronically signing and ordering cancer genomic tests and durable medical equipment for multiple Medicare beneficiaries.
In all, the news release said, O’Rourke ordered tests and equipment for approximately 1,243 Medicare and CHAMPVA beneficiaries, for which he was paid approximately $31,075.