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Indian-origin doctor jailed for 5 years for insurance fraud
US-INDIAN
Himani Kumar
Chicago, Aug 12 (PTI) An Indian-origin cardiologist has
been sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding the US
government's Medicare scheme and other public and private
health care insurance programmes of a whopping USD 13 million
through false medical claims.
Sushil Sheth, a Chicago area physician, was sentenced
yesterday by US District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer and ordered
to begin serving the 60-month prison term in two months.
50-year-old Sheth, who had already surrendered his
medical licence, pleaded guilty a year ago to one count of
health care fraud after being charged in January 2009.
He was also ordered to pay restitution totalling
approximately USD 13 million and he agreed to forfeit property
and funds worth more than USD 11.3 million that the government
seized from him.
He had privileges at three unnamed area hospitals and
lied thousands of times to Medicare and other insurers in
order to receive millions of dollars for medical services he
purportedly rendered to patients he never treated, according
to a US Department of Justice statement.
Sheth, whose business office was in Flossmoor, used the
fraud proceeds to live a lavish lifestyle, purchasing a
suburban mansion, property in Arizona, luxury automobiles and
investing in various venture capital opportunities, it said.
"Health care fraud is one of the highest priorities of
federal law enforcement. We will make every effort to recover
any fraudulently obtained funds and to ensure that dishonest
physicians and other medical providers do not profit from
cheating Medicare and private insurers," Patrick J Fitzgerald,
US Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, said.
Sheth admitted that he obtained approximately USD 13
million between January 2002 and July 2007, including
approximately USD 8.3 million from Medicare and some USD 5
million from over 30 other public and private health care
insurers in fraudulent reimbursement for the highest level of
cardiac care when those services were not performed and then
used the proceeds for his own benefit. (More) PTI HK
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Himani Kumar
Chicago, Aug 12 (PTI) An Indian-origin cardiologist has
been sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding the US
government's Medicare scheme and other public and private
health care insurance programmes of a whopping USD 13 million
through false medical claims.
Sushil Sheth, a Chicago area physician, was sentenced
yesterday by US District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer and ordered
to begin serving the 60-month prison term in two months.
50-year-old Sheth, who had already surrendered his
medical licence, pleaded guilty a year ago to one count of
health care fraud after being charged in January 2009.
He was also ordered to pay restitution totalling
approximately USD 13 million and he agreed to forfeit property
and funds worth more than USD 11.3 million that the government
seized from him.
He had privileges at three unnamed area hospitals and
lied thousands of times to Medicare and other insurers in
order to receive millions of dollars for medical services he
purportedly rendered to patients he never treated, according
to a US Department of Justice statement.
Sheth, whose business office was in Flossmoor, used the
fraud proceeds to live a lavish lifestyle, purchasing a
suburban mansion, property in Arizona, luxury automobiles and
investing in various venture capital opportunities, it said.
"Health care fraud is one of the highest priorities of
federal law enforcement. We will make every effort to recover
any fraudulently obtained funds and to ensure that dishonest
physicians and other medical providers do not profit from
cheating Medicare and private insurers," Patrick J Fitzgerald,
US Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, said.
Sheth admitted that he obtained approximately USD 13
million between January 2002 and July 2007, including
approximately USD 8.3 million from Medicare and some USD 5
million from over 30 other public and private health care
insurers in fraudulent reimbursement for the highest level of
cardiac care when those services were not performed and then
used the proceeds for his own benefit. (More) PTI HK
MYR
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