Mealey's (January 4, 2021, 9:54 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 29 affirmed a speech pathology clinic owner’s conviction on two counts of aggravated identity theft, finding that the defendant’s submission of fraudulent bills to TRICARE, a government health care program for military members, military retirees and their families, which included a speech pathologist’s name and national provider identifier (NPI) number for services that were not provided to two pediatric patients, constituted use under the aggravated identity theft statute....