Boston : An Indian-origin doctor has been sentenced to eight years in prison for committing healthcare fraud along with her husband by a US court, which also ordered the couple to forfeit over USD 43 million in cash and property they gained through their 10-year scam.
Kiran Sharma, 56, had pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and one count of healthcare fraud last year.
Her husband, Arun Sharma, also a doctor, was sentenced to 15 years in prison earlier this month for fraudulently billing government insurance programme Medicare, Medicaid and various private healthcare providers for medical procedures that were not performed, US Attorney Jose Angel Moreno said in a statement.
Sharma has been remanded into the custody of the US Marshals Service to begin serving her eight-year sentence.
Arun Sharma too is in federal custody following his sentencing pending designation and transfer to a Bureau of Prisons facility.
Kiran Sharma, who maintained an allergy practice, would sign patient procedure forms and superbills, falsely indicating that she had administered injections to the patients when in reality she did not.
Her husband also made patients sign blank procedure notes and then billed insurance companies for injection procedures for days when the patient was not in the clinic.
Kiran Sharma, 56, had pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and one count of healthcare fraud last year.
Her husband, Arun Sharma, also a doctor, was sentenced to 15 years in prison earlier this month for fraudulently billing government insurance programme Medicare, Medicaid and various private healthcare providers for medical procedures that were not performed, US Attorney Jose Angel Moreno said in a statement.
Sharma has been remanded into the custody of the US Marshals Service to begin serving her eight-year sentence.
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Arun Sharma too is in federal custody following his sentencing pending designation and transfer to a Bureau of Prisons facility.
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Kiran Sharma, who maintained an allergy practice, would sign patient procedure forms and superbills, falsely indicating that she had administered injections to the patients when in reality she did not.
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Her husband also made patients sign blank procedure notes and then billed insurance companies for injection procedures for days when the patient was not in the clinic.
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