Monday, February 22, 2010

Hospital Owner gets what he deserves

It seems that if you prey on the homeless and low income residents in skid row there are consequences. This man was a hospital owner who defrauded medical and medicare by recruiting residents in skid row . The US Attonreys office has fined

Contra Costa Times
The U.S. attorney's office says 75-year-old Robert Bourseau was sentenced Monday and must pay $4.1 million in restitution for defrauding Medicare and Medi-Cal.
Bourseau and Dr. Rudra Sabaratnum co-owned the now-defunct City of Angels Medical Center. Authorities say they paid a recruiter $500,000 between 2004 and 2007 to find homeless people, who received a small fee to undergo unnecessary hospital stays.
The hospital then charged the government millions for services.
Both men pleaded guilty to fraud and Sabaratnum is awaiting sentencing. Last month, they also agreed to pay $10 million to settle a government lawsuit.

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