by Associated Press Published: October 26,2011
Tags: appeal, bond, Cancer, cancer treatment, chemotherpy, courts, doctors, health, health benefits, health insurance, healthcare, insurance, insurance fraud, lawsuit, Medicaid, Medicare, medicine, physicians
SUMMIT — A federal appeals panel has upheld the denial of bond for a doctor charged in a chemotherapy fraud case that authorities say swindled millions from Medicaid and Medicare. Dr. Meera Sachdeva, founder of Rose Cancer Center in Summit, and two others are charged with numerous federal crimes for allegedly participating in a scheme [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 5,2011
Tags: Cancer, cancer treatment, chemotherapy, clinics, doctors, health benefits, healthcar, healthcare insurance, insurance fraud, medicine, physicians
SUMMIT — A federal judge has set a Feb. 7 trial date for a doctor and two others charged in a massive chemotherapy fraud case that authorities say swindled millions from Medicaid and Medicare. Dr. Meera Sachdeva, founder of Rose Cancer Center in Summit, and two others are charged with numerous federal crimes for allegedly [...] [...]
BRANDON — Five women have been sentenced from three to eight years in prison for helping bilk the state out of more than $500,000 in a healthcare fraud scheme. The Clarion-Ledger reports the women were sentenced in Rankin County Circuit Court by Judge John Emfinger. So far, 11 people have pleaded guilty and been sentenced. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 23,2011
Tags: courts, healthcare, healthcare benefits, healthcare insurance, healthcare insurance fraud, insurance, insurance fraud, pleas, sentencing, state government, state law
BRANDON — Three more defendants have entered guilty pleas concerning their role in an insurance fraud scheme involving the State and School Employees Health Insurance Plan, announced Attorney General Jim Hood. Fourteen people were charged in the case where three employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi were accused of conspiring with 11 [...] [...]
SUMMIT — A Mississippi cancer doctor is expected to plead not guilty today to charges of diluting chemotherapy drugs and using old needles on patients. Dr. Meera Sachdeva is the 50-year-old founder of Rose Cancer Clinic in Summit. She’s scheduled for arraignment today in U.S. District Court in Jackson. Sachdeva’s attorney, Robert McDuff, says she [...] [...]
BRANDON — Five people have been sentenced for their role in an insurance fraud scheme involving the State and School Employees Health Insurance Plan, according to Attorney General Jim Hood. Three employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi were accused of conspiring with 11 state employees. Six others have yet to plea or [...] [...]
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