Sunday, April 14, 2013

health care fraud


THE RECORD
A prominent cardiologist who ran medical services companies in New Jersey and New York pleaded guilty on Wednesday to orchestrating a massive fraud that subjected thousands of patients to unnecessary tests and procedures and resulted in $19 million in losses.
Dr. Jose Katz, 68, of Closter, confessed his crimes to U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares during a hearing in federal court in Newark.
Katz pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of Social Security fraud relating to a separate scheme to give his wife a “no-show” job and make her eligible for disability and retirement benefits./.../

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