(September 9, 2015, 2:32 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois physician on Sept. 8 pleaded guilty in federal court to claims that he wrongfully certified Medicare patients as confined to their homes to allow health care agencies to submit unnecessary claims for in-home treatment (United States of America v. Arthur Davida, No. 15 CR 534, N.D. Ill.).

(Plea agreement available. Document #20-150918-006X.)

Arthur Davida said in his plea agreement, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, that he knowingly certified patients as confined to their...