Mealey's (December 18, 2019, 2:07 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 16 affirmed a doctor’s conviction for one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and five counts of health care fraud for submitting false bills for treatment of five elderly patients with dementia, as well as a federal judge’s decision to sentence him to 150 months in prison, holding that the evidence presented during trial was sufficient (United States v. Riyaz Mazkouri, No. 18-20650, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 37167)....