KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, Teresa Moore, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2022: A former Joplin, Mo., physician pleaded guilty in federal court today to falsely certifying that products and tests were medically necessary for more than 2,000 Medicare and Medicaid patients in Missouri whom he never met or examined. "This physician violated his oath and abused his trusted position to support a fraud scheme that cost tax  more