In United States v. Scott, No. 21-11467 (Jan. 20, 2023) (Jordan, Rosenbaum, Newsom), the Court affirmed the defendant’s healthcare fraud convictions.
First, and assuming that de novo review applied, the Court rejected the defendant’s belated challenge to the indictment on the ground that Medicare actually covered the testing he performed. And even if it did, he would not have been entitled to dismissal of the indictment, as Medicare coverage for the particular tests would have been a factual issue to be resolved at trial, and the defendant failed to make that argument in the district court.
Second, the Court concluded that the evidence was sufficient to support the convictions. Specifically, the Court found sufficient evidence to support his willful intent to defraud Medicare based on circumstantial evidence.
