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Former Chief Operating Officer Of Sacred Heart Hospital Sentenced To 21 Months In Prison For Conspiring In Kickback Scheme

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2015.  The former chief operating officer of Sacred Heart Hospital was sentenced Friday to 21 months in prison for arranging payoffs to doctors in exchange for referring patients to the now-shuttered facility on Chicago’s West Side.

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CLARENCE NAGELVOORT, 60, of Chicago, conspired with other hospital executives to pay kickbacks and bribes to doctors to induce the referrals.  The payoffs were disguised in a number of ways, including compensation for consulting work, instructional…

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