Dr. Fu was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay $390,000 in restitution for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and provide kickbacks.
Dr. Fu was involved in a scheme to provide unnecessary respiratory tests and then bill Medicare for the services. According to prosecutors, these were often given in the smoking areas of nursing homes.
Read the Mercury News’ report on Xinming Fu.
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