On March 6, Dr. Roy S. Shelburne of Pennington Gap, Va., was convicted of 10 felony charges involving racketeering, health care fraud, structuring funds, and money laundering. He was convicted by a federal jury in Abington, Va. According to the prosecution, he maximized his practice's income by overbilling insurance carriers and Medicaid for services that were never performed and for services that were performed, but not medically necessary.
In trial testimony, a dental assistant to Dr. Shelbur…
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Posted on April 10, 2008 at 4:00pm — 34 Comments