Mark Loftis was sentenced to 14 years in a Medicare, TRICARE, and CHAMPVA fraud case.

A prison term after a jury conviction is the judgment on that count. The Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, Justice Department release said the 14-year sentence was imposed the day before, which is Oct. 8. The July conviction release had scheduled sentencing for Oct. 7, and it had said the count carried a maximum of 20 years.

The Justice Department said Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, that an Oklahoma business owner and chiropractor was sentenced yesterday to 14 years in prison for a years-long scheme that attempted to bilk Medicare, TRICARE, and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, known as CHAMPVA, out of over $30 million. The release said the claims were for orthotic braces, continuous glucose monitors, and other durable medical equipment that beneficiaries did not want or need. It identified him as Dr. Mark Loftis, 39, of Cushing, Oklahoma. It said he and his co-conspirators did not disclose to Medicare the ownership and management of Back Pain Home Supplies LLC dba EZ Medical Supply, and that they hid from Medicare that unenrolled entities were billing claims through that company. A July 22, 2026, Justice Department release, announcing the conviction, captioned a photograph as the office of Back Pain Home Supplies, one of Loftis's medical supply companies, in Drumright, Oklahoma. KOKH reported the same 14-year sentence and the same three programs. The company name and the Cushing residence are in the sentencing release. Drumright is in the July photo caption.

The sentencing release said that, according to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Loftis paid over a million dollars in illegal kickbacks, including through a shell marketing company, to marketers, purported telemedicine companies, and a call center that persuaded elderly and disabled Americans to disclose personal information and receive equipment they did not need. It said he and his co-conspirators purchased sham doctors' orders for orthotic braces, continuous glucose monitors, and other durable medical equipment, generated by telemedicine doctors and nurse practitioners who never examined, and often never spoke to, the beneficiaries. It said they submitted over $30 million in false and fraudulent claims and were paid over $8 million, and that they frequently billed for multiple orthotic braces at a time, including one example of eight braces for a single beneficiary. KOKH reported the kickbacks as more than $1 million and reported that those practitioners never examined or spoke to the beneficiaries. The department's wording is "often never spoke." KOKH's line drops the word often. The July conviction release said Loftis paid over a million dollars to marketers who worked with call centers, concealed a conspirator's management role in his company, and continued the scheme for three years despite complaints from beneficiaries and family members who reported that elderly parents suffered from dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Those complaints are the July release's account of the trial evidence. They are not a separate count in Friday's sentencing announcement.

The sentencing release said that after a 12-day jury trial ending in July 2026, Loftis was convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, and that he was ordered to pay over $8 million in restitution and to forfeit over $560,000. The July 22 release said a federal jury in the Middle District of Florida convicted him the day before, that sentencing was scheduled for Oct. 7, 2026, and that the count carried a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. Friday's release does not repeat the Oct. 7 date. It says he was sentenced yesterday, which is Oct. 8, and it announces 14 years. KOKH reported Friday the same conviction after a 12-day jury trial, quoted Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the National Fraud Enforcement Division saying "Yesterday's 14-year sentence shows that health care fraud does not pay," and gave the restitution and forfeiture figures as more than $8 million and more than $560,000. The July release named the prosecutors as Acting Assistant Chief Catherine Wagner and Trial Attorney Raymond Beckering III of the Criminal Division's Fraud Section. Friday's release names them as Assistant Deputy Chief Catherine Wagner and Trial Attorney Raymond Beckering III of the National Fraud Enforcement Division's Health Care Fraud Section. Both releases said HHS-OIG, the FBI, the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, and the VA Office of Inspector General investigated the case. The judgment Friday's release reports is 14 years, restitution of over $8 million, and forfeiture of over $560,000. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.