Medicare & Medicaid Guide P 40,892 United States of America v. Vincent A. Giannattasio, M.D. And Vincent A. Giannattasio, M.D., S.C.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Dr. Giannattasio (and his professional corporation, which we’ll ignore) were indicted on fifteen counts of Medicare fraud, all involving allegedly fraudulent claims submitted in 1987 for payment for psychiatric services rendered to schizophrenic residents of nursing homes. At a pretrial conference the prosecutor indicated that he would be filing a motion under Fed.R.Evid. 404(b) for permission to present evidence of fifteen to twenty prior, unindicted, bad acts of Dr. Giannattasio, in order to demonstrate that the false claims that were the subject of the indictment had…