Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard Paulus
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 25, 2018No. 17-5410PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.
Mark Twain once quipped that "there are three kinds of falsehood: lies, damnable lies, and statistics." Dr. Paulus begs to differ and insists that certain statistical estimations cannot be false. As a cardiologist, Paulus interpreted hundreds of angiograms-specialized x-rays that approximate how severely a person's arteries are blocked. A federal jury convicted him of committing healthcare fraud and making false statements, on the theory that he exaggerated the extent of blockages (e.g., noting 80% blockage instead of 30%), so he could perform and bill for unnecessary…
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