Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Doctor Gets 10 Years in Prison for Surgery Scam

A surgeon accused of performing hundreds of unnecessary operations just got sentenced to 10 years in prison, the Orange County register reports.
William W. Hampton was convicted of health-care fraud last year in federal court. Prosecutors said he operated on patients who were paid to come in for surgeries they didn’t need, often a procedure used [...]

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