Crooked Doctor

The Ninth Circuit <a href="http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2019/04/26/17-50255.pdf"><strong>upheld</strong></a> the health care fraud conviction Friday of a doctor who falsely billed Medi-Cal and Medicare for hospice care of patients who weren’t terminally ill, but found old sentencing guidelines were improperly used to sentence him.

PASADENA, Calif. – The Ninth Circuit upheld the health care fraud conviction Friday of a doctor who falsely billed Medi-Cal and Medicare for hospice care of patients who weren’t terminally ill, but found old sentencing guidelines were improperly used to sentence him.

Categories / Appeals, Criminal

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