Stephen Dubin

Charged, not convicted. Dr. Stephen Dubin faces a six-count federal indictment and is presumed innocent.

Introduction

Dr. Stephen Dubin, 74, of Henderson, Nevada, is a wound care physician charged in a $95 million scheme to defraud Medicare by billing for medically unnecessary amniotic wound allografts — expensive biological wound coverings derived from donated placental tissue — applied to elderly patients, including vulnerable patients in hospice care . A federal grand jury in the District of Nevada returned the indictment on August 4, 2026, charging Dubin with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and five counts of health care fraud .

Background Information

Dubin was the sole owner of Dubin Medical Consultants, Inc., also known as Wound MD, an enrolled Medicare provider that submitted claims for amniotic membrane allografts, bioengineered skin substitutes applied to chronic wounds to promote closure . Medicare reimburses such products only when they are medically reasonable and necessary, and the government alleges the program was exploited at scale: Medicare paid more than $54 million based on the allegedly false claims .

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

According to the indictment, Dubin caused Medicare to be billed over $95 million for allografts he procured through illegal kickbacks, bribes, and rebates from two distributors, with some payments disguised as legitimate “Rebate Agreements” while concealing their true nature . He allegedly submitted claims for reimbursement at the full invoice price rather than the discounted price he actually paid, keeping the difference as profit, and received kickbacks through a pass-through bank account held in the name of a shell company .

The indictment alleges the scheme ran from April 2021 through September 2024 and that Dubin and others targeted facilities with elderly populations, “such as home health agencies and hospices, to identify Medicare beneficiaries with wounds,” pressuring nurse practitioners to apply the products without regard to medical necessity — on infected wounds, on wounds not responding to treatment, without required conservative care first, and in quantities exceeding wound size . To conceal the lack of medical necessity, prosecutors allege he falsified patient medical records, and that he used the proceeds to fund a lavish lifestyle, including having multi-million-dollar yachts built for him .

Public Reaction and Consequences

The Justice Department announced the charges as the first in Nevada under its West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force, and federal officials cited the case in a broader crackdown on skin-substitute billing that pushed Medicare to realign allograft payments starting January 1, 2026 . The FBI, HHS-OIG, and DCIS investigated the case .

Current Status

Dubin has been indicted but not convicted, and an indictment is merely an allegation; he is presumed innocent . He faces a maximum penalty of ten years in prison for each of the six counts if convicted . Court records showed no hearings scheduled in the weeks after the indictment was unsealed .

Impact on Their Career/Life

The indictment ended Dubin’s operation of Wound MD as a going Medicare practice and exposed him to up to sixty years of prison exposure across the counts if convicted . His case has become a reference point in Nevada coverage of the skin-substitute billing boom that federal health officials have called one of the largest sources of waste in Medicare.

Sources

DOJ Office of Public Affairs, “Nevada Doctor Charged with $95M Wound Care Fraud on Medicare,” August 5, 2026 — source
Las Vegas Sun, “Henderson doctor indicted in $95 million Medicare wound care fraud scheme,” August 5, 2026 — source
KTNV, “Henderson doctor indicted as part of $95 million Medicare fraud investigation,” August 2026 — source