Destin physician and assistant indicted on drug and fraud charges

Destin physician, David W. Webb, 67, and his wife and office manager, Bonnie F. Webb, 57, were arrested and charged with heath care fraud, the unlawful dispensing of controlled substances, identity theft, conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud, and conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances by the Florida Attorney General’s Office late last week.

Overall, the Webbs were charged with a 131 count indictment alleging that Webb, the owner and operater of Destin Primary Care Center, also known as “Doctors on Call,” prescribed controlled substances to patients without determining a sufficient medical necessity for the prescription of the controlled substances and in quantities and dosages that would cause patients to abuse, misuse, and become addicted to the controlled substances.

The Indictment also seeks the forfeiture of property of the defendants.

If convicted as charged in Counts 38 and 107, the counts involving the distribution and dispensing of oxycodone and fentanyl with death resulting from the use of those controlled substances, the defendants face a mandatory minimum term of 20 years’ imprisonment, a maximum of life imprisonment, and a fine of $1,000,000, on each count. If convicted on Count

37, the count charging health care fraud resulting in death, David Webb also faces a maximum of life imprisonment, and a fine of $250,000. On the remaining counts, he faces a maximum total term of imprisonment of 1,363 years’ imprisonment and total fines of approximately $62 million. Bonnie Webb faces a total maximum term of 259 years’ imprisonment, and $7.25 million in fines.