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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A 45-year-old woman has been convicted for her role in a scheme to defraud Medicare while she worked for a central New York pain management practice.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Syracuse says Bonnie Meislin of Utica was found guilty Wednesday of health care fraud and conspiring with her former employer to bilk Medicare.
Prosecutors say Meislin worked for Dr. Mahesh Kuthuru's Upstate Pain Medicine offices in Fulton and Utica. In 2009, he moved to Las Vegas and opened another practice. Authorities say in 2010, Meislin and Kuthuru started submitting false bills that indicted Kuthuru had treated patients at his upstate offices when in fact he was in Nevada or outside the country.
Kuthuru pleaded guilty last month to scamming $80,000 from Medicare.
Meislin faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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