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An Indiana neuropsychologist was sentenced to 36 months in prison and ordered to pay $291,000 in restitution; he was found guilty of health care fraud following a jury trial in May 2005. Through his two clinics, the neuropsychologist used unlicensed undergraduate students from a State university to perform testing for Medicaid and Medicare patients. In addition, he inflated the number of hours of actual services performed by the unlicensed students.
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In Florida, a man was sentenced to 5 years and 10 months in prison and ordered to pay $3.89 million in restitution for his involvement in the payment of illegal kickbacks to medical equipment companies, physicians, and patients. Investigation revealed that the man, who owned and operated several medical equipment companies and pharmacies, made cash payments for the referral of patients to his companies which resulted in the submission of millions of dollars worth of false Medicare claims.
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