Policy & oversight
Nevada Doctor Indicted in Alleged 95 Million Dollar Medicare Wound Care Fraud
A Henderson physician allegedly billed Medicare for costly skin-graft products applied to patients who did not need them, including people in hospice care, a federal indictment says.
By the Goodsurance editorial teamAugust 11, 2026
A federal grand jury in Nevada indicted Stephen Dubin, a 74-year-old Henderson physician, on August 5 on charges that he billed Medicare more than 95 million dollars for amniotic wound allografts that were medically unnecessary and obtained through illegal kickbacks. Medicare paid more than 54 million dollars based on his claims, according to the Department of Justice. Dubin allegedly applied expensive skin-substitute products to elderly patients without medical justification, including patients enrolled in hospice care. He is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and five counts of health care fraud. Each count carries a potential sentence of up to 10 years in prison if he is convicted. The case is the first brought in Nevada by the National Fraud Enforcement Division's West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force, which the Justice Department formed on April 30. Federal attention to skin-substitute billing has grown sharply in 2026. Congress and CMS examined that billing category after Medicare spending on such products topped 14 billion dollars in recent years. Dubin has not been convicted, and the charges are allegations.
A Nevada doctor allegedly billed Medicare 95 million dollars for wound products patients did not need, including hospice patients.
In plain words
A doctor in Henderson, Nevada was charged with cheating Medicare. He billed Medicare for expensive wound-covering products that patients did not need. Some patients were in hospice care. He got the products by making illegal payments to others. Medicare paid him 54 million dollars based on those claims. He is charged with fraud but has not been found guilty.
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Source: Department of Justice
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