Santa Fe cardiologist indicted on charges of fraud
A federal grand jury has indicted a Santa Fe cardiologist on 24 counts of health care fraud and wire fraud, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Dr. Roy G. Heilbron, 51, pleaded not guilty in federal court in Albuquerque and was released on his own recognizance, according to U.S. Attorney Damon Martinez and Special Agent Carol K.O. Lee of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division.
The indictment alleges Heilbron, whose medical license expired Wednesday, hatched a scheme to defraud Medicare and other health care benefit programs between January 2010 and May 2011 by submitting false and fraudulent claims.
Prosecutors allege he defrauded the government’s medical insurance system for seniors by, among other actions, performing unnecessary tests on new patients and submitting false diagnoses to justify the tests on insurance claims.
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