tci Part B Insider - 2013 Issue 42

Physician Notes: Prominent Cardiologist Faces Over 6 Years in Prison

Plus: Medicare cracks down on inpatient billing for hospital patients. If your physician runs the same test on every patient who walks in the door, it’s time to explain to the doctor that this is not compliant behavior. Such a warning probably could have saved a New Jersey cardiologist from prison, but it’s too late in his case.The cardiologist, who is the owner of two large companies in N.J. and N.Y., not only faces 78 months in prison, but must pay $19 million in restitution for conspiring in a multimillion dollar health care fraud...

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