Ophthalmologist Gets 7 Years for Fraud

"A former top doctor at Temple University's School of Medicine knew he couldn't get away with a fraudulent-billing scheme unless he could show that he was actually seeing patients himself," reports the Philadelphia Daily News. "So, Dr. Joseph J. Kubacki took charts of patients who had been seen only by resident doctors and crafted detailed descriptions of diagnoses and treatment plans for the patients to hide the fraud, federal prosecutors said. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno sentenced Kubacki, formerly chairman of the ophthalmology department and an assistant dean, to more than seven years in federal prison for the $1.8-million scheme." Read more.