Saddle Brook Doctor Who Participated In $100M Referral Scheme Surrenders License

SADDLE BROOK, NJ — A family physician who was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for his role in a $100 million laboratory test referral scheme has voluntarily surrendered his medical license.

Bernard Greenspan, 79, of River Edge was charged with conspiracy, wire fraud and defrauding patients. His practice is in Saddle Brook.

A consent order filed with the State Board of Medical Examiners Aug. 4 states that Greenspan was ordered to surrender his license after the board ruled it should be permanently revoked.

Greenspan was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison and one year of supervised release, said Matthew Reilly, a spokesperson with the United States District Attorney's Office of Public Affairs in New Jersey. He must also forfeit more than $203,000 and pay $125,000 fine.

Greenspan accepted more than $200,000 in bribes and kickbacks from March 2006 to April 2013 from Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services of Parsippany as incentive to refer their patients to BLS for the testing of blood samples; the scheme resulted in $3 million in business for BLS, court documents show. He faced a maximum of 20 years in prison.

The federal investigation has resulted in 45 guilty pleads, including 31 from doctors.

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Bernard Greenspan, 79 — Julio Cortez/Associated Press