Coronary stent
A Maryland doctor charged in an over-stenting scheme was slapped with an 8-year prison sentence and ordered to pay nearly $600,000 in restitution for defrauding Medicare and other health insurers.
Dr. John McLean, age 59, was also charged with ordering unnecessary tests and making false entries in patient records in order to bill Medicare and Medicaid for expensive stenting procedures.
Evidence uncovered in McLean’s trial suggested that he may have implanted as many as 100 unnecessary cardiac stents.