Arun Sharma, MD, a rheumatologist from Kemah, Texas, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and ordered to forfeit more than $43 million in cash and property after a guilty plea to committing healthcare fraud, according to a Houston Chronicle news report.
Dr. Sharma admitted to filing fraudulent claims to Medicare, Medicaid and other private healthcare payors for medical procedures that were never rendered over a 10-year span. His wife Kiran Sharma, MD, also pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud and will be sentenced later this month, according to the report.
Read the news report about Dr. Arun Sharma's sentence.
Read other coverage about physician fraud:
- Palm Springs Physician Sentenced to Jail After Stealing Patient Identities, Defrauding Payors
- Pennsylvania Ophthalmologist Accused of Filing $1.5M in False Claims
- Ohio Internist Pleads Guilty to Filing False Claims, Income Tax Returns
Dr. Sharma admitted to filing fraudulent claims to Medicare, Medicaid and other private healthcare payors for medical procedures that were never rendered over a 10-year span. His wife Kiran Sharma, MD, also pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud and will be sentenced later this month, according to the report.
Read the news report about Dr. Arun Sharma's sentence.
Read other coverage about physician fraud:
- Palm Springs Physician Sentenced to Jail After Stealing Patient Identities, Defrauding Payors
- Pennsylvania Ophthalmologist Accused of Filing $1.5M in False Claims
- Ohio Internist Pleads Guilty to Filing False Claims, Income Tax Returns