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Nurse Practitioner Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for $12M Medicare Fraud
A Louisiana nurse practitioner was sentenced today to 87 months in prison and three years of supervised release for causing over $12 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary cancer genetic tests.
What happened
According to U.S. Department of Justice’s source item, Nurse Practitioner Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for $12M Medicare Fraud, A Louisiana nurse practitioner was sentenced today to 87 months in prison and three years of supervised release for causing over $12 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary cancer genetic tests.
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- Nurse Practitioner Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for $12M Medicare FraudU.S. Department of Justice - 2026-06-17T12:00:00+00:00
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