United States v. John Natale

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

When another doctor reviewed the post-surgical CT scan from one of Dr. John Natale’s patients, something did not seem right. Natale had previously repaired the patient’s aortic aneurysm, and the images from the CT scan did not match the procedure Natale described in his operative reports. An investigation culminated in Natale’s indictment for health care fraud related to his Medicare billing, mail fraud for his use of the mails in receiving the Medicare reimbursement checks, and false statements related to health care for the inaccuracies in his operative reports and…