Virginia Beach Dr. Guilty of 28 Counts of Fraud
A federal jury has convicted Dr. Ronald Poulin, an oncologist, of 28 counts of health care fraud arising out of allegations that he improperly billed Medicare and Tricare $1.2 million.
The doctor faces up to 20 years in prison. Some of the claims against him involved charging for patient office visits that never occurred and billing for greater quantities of chemotherapy medications than it actually administered to his sick patients. He also was accused of and found guilty of altering medical records to cover up his crime.
For now he remains licensed by the Virginia Board of medicine.