Cardiologist gets prison time for swindling $238K from VA
Daniel Allar | August 03, 2018 | Cardiovascular Business | Heart Rhythm

A New Jersey cardiologist specializing in electrophysiology was sentenced July 31 to 20 months in prison for billing the Veterans Affairs (VA) program hundreds of thousands of dollars for services he never performed.

Apostolos Voudouris, MD, pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud in a U.S. District Court.

According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey, the 44-year-old admitted to filing claims for procedures he never performed on more than 350 occasions between 2011 and 2015. He received $238,230 from the VA for those claims.

Voudouris was ordered to pay a total restitution of $714,690 to repay the VA and settle a civil agreement with the government. On top of that, he was charged a $7,500 fine and sentenced to two years of supervised release following his prison term.

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Daniel Allar

Daniel joined TriMed’s Chicago editorial team in 2017 as a Cardiovascular Business writer. He previously worked as a writer for daily newspapers in North Dakota and Indiana.

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