The assets of an ophthalmologist from South Bend, Ind., who was accused of healthcare fraud, have been distributed after a murder-suicide following his indictment, according to a news report from the Greenfield Reporter.
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A Jackson, N.J., psychiatrist and medical director of the now-defunct Chambers Mental Health Clinic was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay almost $50,000 in restitution for his role in a scheme to defraud the Medicaid and…
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Four Tennessee gastroenterologists have opened a new practice called Gastroenterology Consultants, located in Cookeville, Tenn., according to a report from the Herald-Citizen.