Judge Rules Expert Cannot Testify For Doctor Accused Of Health Care Fraud

Mealey's (March 26, 2018, 1:40 PM EDT) -- LONDON, Ky. — A federal judge in Kentucky on March 25 barred an expert from testifying about the national average of pacemakers that were implanted in patients from 2012 to 2014 on behalf of a doctor accused of defrauding Medicare by implanting pacemakers in patients who did not need them, finding that the expert’s disclosure was untimely (United States of America v. Anis Chalhoub M.D., No. 16-cr-00023-GFHT-HAI, E.D. Ky.,2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49775)....