Clearwater doctor pleads guilty to fraud

A Clearwater doctor is facing prison time after pleading guilty to a fraud charge, officials say. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida said 66-year-old Jayam Krishna Iyer pled guilty to one count of health care fraud and faces up to 20 years in federal prison. From July 2011 through December 2017, Iyer, an approved Medicare provider, ran a scheme to defraud Medicare by billing for in-person office visits with Medicare beneficiaries. It was later found that those patients…
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