Cardiologist’s Fraud Conviction Overturned By 6th Circuit Over Withheld Document

Mealey's (March 6, 2020, 3:23 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 5 overturned a cardiologist’s conviction and sentencing for health care fraud for allegedly implanting medically unnecessary stents in patients with minimal arterial blockages, finding that the government’s failure to provide the defendant with a copy of a letter containing the results of an independent review paid for by a hospital where the procedures were performed violated the doctor’s right to due process under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (United States v. Richard E Paulus M.D., No. 19-5532, 6th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 6929)....