USA v. Novak et al

  1. September 21, 2016

    Ill. Doc Gets Fine, Probation For Medicare Kickback Scheme

    An Illinois federal court has ordered a Chicago doctor to pay $166,000 and serve two years' probation after pleading guilty for his role in a massive Medicare kickback scheme.

  2. September 07, 2016

    Gov't Calls For Cut Sentence For Doc In Ill. Kickback Case

    A Chicago doctor who pled guilty for his role in a massive kickback scheme could get as little as 12 months in prison, after the government made no official sentencing recommendation but did advise the sentence trend toward the low end of the applicable range for the crime.

  3. September 06, 2016

    'King Of Nursing Homes' To Appeal 2-Year Sentence

    A doctor convicted and sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a massive kickback scheme at one Chicago hospital will appeal, he told the Illinois federal judge overseeing his case Friday.

  4. August 26, 2016

    Ex-Exec 'Enforcer' Gets 1 Year In Hospital Kickback Scheme

    An Illinois federal judge sentenced a Chicago hospital's former chief operating officer to a year in prison Friday for his role as the "enforcer" in a massive kickback scheme involving referrals of patents covered by Medicare and Medicaid, court records show.

  5. August 19, 2016

    Feds Want Less Time For Ex-COO In Kickback Scheme

    Federal prosecutors have said the former chief operating officer of a Chicago hospital should receive a sentence of less than two years in prison for his role as the “enforcer” in a massive kickback scheme, claiming the plea agreement of five years is excessive given the shorter sentences of his co-defendants.

  6. August 12, 2016

    'King Of Nursing Homes' Gets 2 Years In Medicare Fraud Scam

    A Chicago doctor known as the "King of Nursing Homes" convicted of accepting kickbacks for referring patients to the hospital as part of the Sacred Heart Hospital Medicare fraud scandal on Friday in Illinois court was sentenced to two years in prison.

  7. August 11, 2016

    Bad News Could Be Good For 'King Of Nursing Homes'

    A doctor known as the "King of Nursing Homes" could receive a lighter sentence for his role in the Sacred Heart Hospital kickback scandal because of damaging headlines about since-dropped allegations of unnecessary surgical procedures, an Illinois federal judge indicated Thursday.

  8. August 08, 2016

    'King Of Nursing Homes' Downplayed Patient Harm, Feds Say

    Federal prosecutors on Saturday blasted a Chicago physician convicted of sending nursing home patients to a hospital he believed was subpar in exchange for free staff as attempting to “whitewash his actions” when asking for a lenient sentence, arguing he hurt patients to satisfy his “callous greed.”

  9. July 29, 2016

    'King Of Nursing Homes' Hits Back On Sentence Enhancement

    A Chicago doctor convicted of steering dozens of elderly nursing-home patients to a particular hospital in exchange for free labor from hospital staff has asked an Illinois federal court not to add a “vulnerable victims” enhancement to his sentence, saying other members of the scheme didn’t receive it.

  10. July 12, 2016

    'King Of Nursing Homes' Harmed The Vulnerable, Gov't. Says

    The U.S. government on Monday urged an Illinois federal judge to apply a sentencing enhancement to a Chicago doctor convicted of steering dozens of his elderly patients to one hospital in exchange for free labor from hospital staff, saying his victims were vulnerable and dependent on him.