The United States Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Missouri said they were looking for people who were patients of a Columbia doctor accused of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid.
In April 2026, a federal grand jury indicted Dr. Jonathan Wayne Morris, 46, on 15 counts of illegal prescribing of controlled substances and 23 counts of health care fraud.
Dr. Morris owned Columbia Urgent Care, starting in 2019.
A press release from the Eastern District of Missouri states that federal prosecutors said Morris incorrectly billed Medicare and Medicaid.
They said that he billed for services provided by assistant physicians (APs), who are medical school graduates who have not entered a residency program.
APs must be trained and supervised by a fully licensed physician.
The indictment stated that Morris did not train the APs, instead letting them train each other, and that he left them unsupervised.
Morris was also accused of prescribing drugs with no legitimate medical purpose, to people who had substance abuse disorders, and to people with whom he was having sexual relations.
The press release states that Morris issued about 15,000 doses of controlled substances to about 20 people.
On May 27, 2026, Judge Stephen Welby issued an order to have the government use victim notification procedures to let people who may have been victims of Morris of their rights.
Those people can email the Victim-Witness Unit at USAMOE.Victims@usdoj.gov.