New York: A 69-year-old Indian-origin doctor in the US has been convicted of illegally receiving benefits for referring elderly patients to a financially struggling hospital in Chicago.
Venkateswara Kuchipudi of Illinois became the fifth physician and 10th defendant overall to be convicted for taking part in the massive Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme at the now-shuttered Sacred Heart Hospital.
He was convicted after a five-week trial on one count of conspiracy to defraud the US and nine counts of illegally soliciting or receiving benefits in return for referrals of patients covered under a federal health care programme.
US District Judge Matthew Kennelly scheduled a sentencing hearing for June.
The scheme earned the financially struggling hospital millions of dollars in reimbursements from Medicare and Medicaid.
In exchange for his referrals, the hospital provided Mr Kuchipudi with free labour in the form of physician assistants and nurse practitioners.
Venkateswara Kuchipudi of Illinois became the fifth physician and 10th defendant overall to be convicted for taking part in the massive Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme at the now-shuttered Sacred Heart Hospital.
He was convicted after a five-week trial on one count of conspiracy to defraud the US and nine counts of illegally soliciting or receiving benefits in return for referrals of patients covered under a federal health care programme.
US District Judge Matthew Kennelly scheduled a sentencing hearing for June.
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The scheme earned the financially struggling hospital millions of dollars in reimbursements from Medicare and Medicaid.
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In exchange for his referrals, the hospital provided Mr Kuchipudi with free labour in the form of physician assistants and nurse practitioners.
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