Robert Tassin, MD, age 67, of Slidell, Louisiana, was sentenced on April 9, 2026, for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in connection with a scheme to bill Medicare for medically unnecessary cancer genetic (“CGx”) tests. According to court documents, Tassin worked for several purported telemedicine companies. From approximately February through September of 2019, Tassin, through the purported telemedicine companies, signed doctors’ orders for CGx tests for Medicare beneficiaries he never saw, spoke to, or otherwise treated. As a result, his orders resulted in over $6.6 million in false and fraudulent claims submitted to Medicare, of which Medicare reimbursed over $2 million. He was sentenced to three years of probation, with the first twelve months to be served in home confinement, and a ban on participating in a healthcare business during probation without prior approval from United States Probation. Consistent with the plea agreement, he was also ordered to pay restitution of $2,043,542.23 to Medicare; $106,757 in forfeiture (which he paid the day of sentencing); and a mandatory $100 special assessment fee.