Mealey's (September 14, 2017, 9:23 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A woman was properly convicted and sentenced to 140 months in prison for illegally billing Medicare more than $250,000 for medical equipment for beneficiaries that was not medically necessary, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Sept. 13, finding that she was deliberately ignorant of her scheme (United States of America v. Tracy Richardson Brown, No. 16-30933, 5th Cir.)....