Chiropractor Handed Prison Time in COVID-19 Test Billing Conspiracy
- January 30, 2026
Chiropractor Steven D. Peyroux was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, $3,212,761.44 in restitution, three years of supervised release, and a $100 mandatory special assessment after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud in connection with a scheme to bill Medicare millions of dollars for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests that were neither requested nor eligible for reimbursement, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana David I. Courcelle announced January 28.
According to a press release, Peyroux conspired with others to pay and receive kickbacks in exchange for Medicare beneficiary information, Medicare identification numbers, and fabricated recordings of individuals posing as beneficiaries and requesting the COVID-19 tests, which they then used to bill Medicare for the tests.