Federal government indicts Kentucky cardiologist

The federal government indicted Anis Chalhoub, MD, a cardiologist from London, Kentucky, for allegedly performing unnecessary heart procedures between 2007 and 2011, The Courier-Journal reports. The newspaper said Chalhoub faces punishment of up to 10 years in prison.

The indictment, according to authorities, was related to a scheme in which another cardiologist was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in 2013.

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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.

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