Physician Charged with Health Care Fraud
Feb 06, 2023OUTCOME: 3 months
In July 2021, a physician client of Rosenblat Law was arrested without prior notice. He was released after a detention hearing with electronic monitoring. The doctor was charged with Health Care Fraud, ... Wire Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Unlawful Dispensing and Distribution of Controlled Substances by Registrant, and False Statement Relating to Health Care Matters. Based on the charges, the physician’s sentencing guideline range would have been around a level 25, including the 3 point reduction for acceptance of responsibility, with a guideline range of 57-71 months. After extensive negotiations with the AUSA, the physician pleaded guilty to False Statement Relating to Health Care Matters with a level 17 and a guideline range of 24-30 months. The AUSA asked the court to sentence the doctor to 30 months in prison. The court sentenced him to 3 months and 6 months of supervised release. With nearly all defendants pleading guilty, reducing charges, negotiating the loss amount, and developing mitigation and extenuating is the foundation of most successful representations. According to the Pew Research Center, almost 80,000 people were defendants in federal criminal cases in fiscal 2018, but just 2% went to trial. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/06/11/only-2-of-federal-criminal-defendants-go-to-trial-and-most-who-do-are-found-guilty/