The Binge Cases: Doctor Billions
Sony Music Entertainment
After Derika Moses injured her back at work, she got her spine fused. But after surgery, her pain only got worse. She didn’t know why — until she got a letter in the mail telling her that some of the spinal hardware in her back might be counterfeit. Not sterile. Not FDA approved. Made in a machine shop in Temecula, California.
Doctor Billions tells the story of the billion-dollar healthcare fraud that turned thousands of patients into unwitting cogs in a scheme involving dozens of doctors, lawyers and healthcare professionals across the country.
At the center of one of the nation's largest healthcare frauds was an elusive man named Michael Drobot. His ambition to turn a Long Beach hospital into a destination for back surgeons was at the expense of thousands of patients blind to what was happening behind the scenes.
One whistleblower told me: “I'm looking at the surgery board for tomorrow going, 'These people are f***ed.'”
Doctor Billions is hosted by Peabody Award-winning journalist Ben Adair for Sony Music Entertainment’s The Binge.
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Episodes release weekly on Thursdays.
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Doctor Billions tells the story of the billion-dollar healthcare fraud that turned thousands of patients into unwitting cogs in a scheme involving dozens of doctors, lawyers and healthcare professionals across the country.
At the center of one of the nation's largest healthcare frauds was an elusive man named Michael Drobot. His ambition to turn a Long Beach hospital into a destination for back surgeons was at the expense of thousands of patients blind to what was happening behind the scenes.
One whistleblower told me: “I'm looking at the surgery board for tomorrow going, 'These people are f***ed.'”
Doctor Billions is hosted by Peabody Award-winning journalist Ben Adair for Sony Music Entertainment’s The Binge.
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Episodes release weekly on Thursdays.
To binge the series right now, hit ‘Subscribe’ at the top of the show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com.
Follow The Binge Crimes and The Binge Cases to get new stories on the first of the month, every month.
Join The Binge’s free newsletter – Patreon.com/TheBinge
Episodes
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Oct 8, 2026 • 35min
Doctor Billions | 2. Growing a Spine
A dangerous investigation uncovers how Pacific Hospital grew into a spinal surgery powerhouse. Follow the trail from intimidation and threats to Michael Drobot’s healthcare empire, surgeon recruitment, and secret financial arrangements. As thousands of spinal fusions generate hundreds of millions in questionable billings, patients are caught in a system where profit may outweigh care.
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Oct 1, 2026 • 35min
Doctor Billions | 1. Trust No One
Mark Sersansie, a former marketing employee turned investigative source, lands a lucrative medical job and quickly spots chaos, intimidation, and a sealed federal indictment. Bill Reynolds, a former police officer and healthcare-fraud investigator, helps connect the dots to suspicious surgeries, counterfeit implants, and an alleged billion-dollar kickback network. Mark must decide how far to go undercover.
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Sep 24, 2026 • 2min
Introducing . . . Doctor Billions
A back injury leads to a shocking discovery: counterfeit spinal hardware, made in a California machine shop, may have been implanted in unsuspecting patients. This preview explores a billion-dollar healthcare fraud involving surgeons, lawyers, kickbacks, and a powerful hospital figure. Undercover FBI recordings reveal the people behind a scheme that left patients facing devastating consequences.
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Sep 14, 2026 • 35min
What She Buried | 7. A Fly in the Soup
Quinetta Harris’s story takes a darker turn as forged release orders, prison power, and years of solitary confinement come under scrutiny. Her withdrawal from the investigation raises questions about coercion, shame, and self-preservation. Meanwhile, a grieving family recalls the lasting damage of her actions, while truth and fabrication become increasingly impossible to separate.
Sep 7, 2026 • 42min
What She Buried | 6. Ghosts of Tricie's Past
To make sense of Kwaneta's present, Justine has to go back in time. She meets Kwaneta's ex-husbands and learns unsettling details from Kwaneta's childhood.
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For more of Justine’s work, read Unreasonable Women, which follows three women who have been punished for defending themselves. The result of seven years of reporting inside U.S. prisons, it's a gripping, urgent look at how survivors are criminalized, called "required reading for anyone who cares about women and justice," by Bookpage, "remarkable... riveting," by Kirkus, and "true crime at its finest," by Booklist. Available now on Amazon or Bookshop.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 1, 2026 • 2min
Out Now: What Happened to the Harrisons?
Out Today on the Binge, What Happened to the Harrisons?
From the outside, 3635 Pitch Pine Crescent looked like the kind of home where nothing bad could happen, the gathering place for every birthday and holiday. Until, one spring night when tragedy struck. In less than five years, three people would end up dead in the same house. Each time, the authorities found a way to explain it away. But the family who loved them knew something was wrong.
Host Amy Dempsey Raven, an investigative reporter for the Toronto Star, spent more than a decade asking what really happened inside that house?
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Aug 31, 2026 • 39min
What She Buried | 5. All the Kwanetas
Kwaneta tells Justine exactly what happened the day Michael Giles died.
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For more of Justine’s work, read Unreasonable Women, which follows three women who have been punished for defending themselves. The result of seven years of reporting inside U.S. prisons, it's a gripping, urgent look at how survivors are criminalized, called "required reading for anyone who cares about women and justice," by Bookpage, "remarkable... riveting," by Kirkus, and "true crime at its finest," by Booklist. Available now on Amazon or Bookshop.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 24, 2026 • 44min
What She Buried | 4. The Job Offer
Kwaneta concocts another complicated plan and convinces someone else to confess to her own crimes.
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The Binge — feed your true crime obsession.
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For more of Justine’s work, read Unreasonable Women, which follows three women who have been punished for defending themselves. The result of seven years of reporting inside U.S. prisons, it's a gripping, urgent look at how survivors are criminalized, called "required reading for anyone who cares about women and justice," by Bookpage, "remarkable... riveting," by Kirkus, and "true crime at its finest," by Booklist. Available now on Amazon or Bookshop.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 17, 2026 • 36min
What She Buried | 3. The Money Part
Kwaneta had always argued she hadn't wanted Michael dead, but the paper trail she left behind told a very different story.
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What She Buried is a production of Sony Music Entertainment and Campside Media.
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For more of Justine’s work, read Unreasonable Women, which follows three women who have been punished for defending themselves. The result of seven years of reporting inside U.S. prisons, it's a gripping, urgent look at how survivors are criminalized, called "required reading for anyone who cares about women and justice," by Bookpage, "remarkable... riveting," by Kirkus, and "true crime at its finest," by Booklist. Available now on Amazon or Bookshop.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 10, 2026 • 41min
What She Buried | 2. Digging a Hole
The police investigate Michael Giles' disappearance. What they find is a concrete slab and a convoluted story that leads them to Kwaneta Harris.
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Want the full story? Binge every episode of What She Buried ad-free now by subscribing to The Binge+. You’ll unlock over 60 true crime series instantly, get early access to drops on the first of every month, and hear exclusive bonus episodes.
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What She Buried is a production of Sony Music Entertainment and Campside Media.
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The Binge — feed your true crime obsession.
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For more of Justine’s work, read Unreasonable Women, which follows three women who have been punished for defending themselves. The result of seven years of reporting inside U.S. prisons, it's a gripping, urgent look at how survivors are criminalized, called "required reading for anyone who cares about women and justice," by Bookpage, "remarkable... riveting," by Kirkus, and "true crime at its finest," by Booklist. Available now on Amazon or Bookshop.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
