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Edgewater Medical Center
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Edgewater Hospital was founded in 1929
and most of the current buildings were
constructions in the '40's - '60's.
It's famous as the birthplace of both
John Wayne Gacy and Hillary Rodham
Clinton. In 2001, the hospital
abruptly closed its doors permanently
when its management and many of its
doctors were found guilty of committing
Medicare fraud. Among the crimes:
Dr. Andrew Cubria, a cardiologist,
admitted performing unnecessary
angioplasties and heart catheterizations
on more than 750 patients, including two
who died as a result of the unnecessary
procedures. Dr. Cubria was sentenced to
151 months in prison and ordered to pay
$14,362,499 in restitution.
Dr. Kumar Kaliana admitted receiving
kickbacks in return for admitting
patients to Edgewater and arranging cash
payments to family members and others
who recruited patients who did not need
hospitalization. Dr. Kumar was sentenced
to 16 months in prison and ordered to
pay restitution of $1,156,000.
Dr. Ravi Barnabas admitted to funneling
kickback payments to Drs. Rao and Kumar
in exchange for admitting patients to
Edgewater. Dr. Barnabas was sentenced to
52 months in prison and ordered to pay
restitution of $100,000.
Roger Ehmen, Edgewater vice president,
admitted his participation in schemes to
pay kickbacks to recruit and hospitalize
patients unnecessarily. Ehmen was
sentenced to 78 months in prison and
ordered to pay restitution of $5
million.
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items are from between Dec 2007 & 12 Aug 2008.