July 10, 2015
A Detroit-area physician was sentenced to 45 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $17.6 million Friday after pleading guilty in Michigan federal court to giving patients unnecessary chemotherapy after purposely misdiagnosing them, for which he billed $35 million to Medicare and private insurance companies.
August 12, 2013
Federal prosecutors on Monday urged a Michigan federal judge to revoke a release order for a doctor accused of fraudulently billing Medicare for $35 million in unnecessary cancer tests and treatments, saying he posed a strong flight risk.