The veteran interventional cardiologist was initially sentenced to five years in prison for healthcare fraud. After multiple appeals and some significant updates, however, he was granted a new trial. 

The company and one of its subsidiaries would allegedly confuse clinicians and have them bill government programs for cardiac monitoring services that were more expensive than what they needed. This settlement resolves those allegations. 

The doctor allegedly targeted some patients more than ten times, treating them again and again with procedures that were not medically necessary. 

Prosecutors successfully argued that the patient would not have died if clinicians had ordered a routine CT exam. 

The health system allegedly ended an ongoing contract with little notice, leaving clinicians and patients without the services of a cardiovascular surgery program. 

The alleged scheme involved a series of diagnostic procedures that, according to the U.S. government, were not medically necessary. 

The 56-year-old was one of 10 men arrested in Colorado as part of a two-day sting operation. 

The allegations revolve around payments referring cardiologists received to supervise PET scans from March 2014 to May 2023.