News (AP) - Doctor gets 14 years in $19.7M Medicare scam

DETROIT (AP) -- A U.S. district judge has sentenced a Michigan doctor to 14 years in prison and ordered him to pay $9.4 million in restitution for defrauding the Medicare system. Judge Sean F. Cox sentenced Dr. Jose Castro-Ramirez on Wednesday. A jury convicted him March 11 on 13 counts. The government says Castro-Ramirez and Suresh Chand billed Medicare for physical and occupational therapy treatments that weren't provided. It says Medicare paid $9.4 million on $19.7 million in fraudulent claims. Chand owned several businesses in Warren. He was sentenced in April to six years, nine months in prison. Defense lawyer Thomas Slavin referred a request for comment to colleague Allen M. Wolf. The Associated Press left phone and e-mail messages for Wolf. Published: Fri, Aug 20, 2010

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