Judge Upholds Convictions For Fraud Scheme Involving Urine Drug Screenings

Mealey's (October 4, 2017, 1:32 PM EDT) -- FRANKFORT, Ky. — A federal judge in Kentucky on Sept. 29 affirmed a jury’s decision to convict two physicians who owned addiction clinics, as well as the partial owners of a laboratory that conducted screenings for urine drug tests, of 17 counts of aiding and abetting one another to commit health care fraud, finding that the evidence was sufficient to support the verdict and that the jury’s conclusion was not manifestly unjust (United States of America v. Robert L. Bertram, M.D., et al., No. 15-cr-14-GVFT-REW, E.D. Ky., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 160884)....