Medicare of $1 billion, one of the nation's biggest such cases.
Jurors
chosen beginning Monday will decide the fate of 50-year-old Philip
Esformes, who operated a network of 30 nursing homes and assisted living
facilities in Florida. Prosecutors say Esformes and other conspirators
referred thousands of Medicare patients to their facilities even if they
didn't qualify for services.
He has a history of running nursing homes in Florida, Missouri and Illinois.
Esformes
is also accused of accepting kickbacks for steering Medicare patients
to other health care providers, which then billed the government program
for unnecessary services.
Esformes has pleaded not guilty and has been jailed since his 2016 arrest. Two others involved in the scheme have pleaded guilty.
Esformes faces a lengthy prison sentence if convicted.
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That's a big case and very likely most of the money is gone.
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