Owner, Executives and Physcians At Closed Sacred Heart Hospital Indcited in Alleged Medicare Referral Kickback Conspiracy

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2013.  The owner and three other executives of the now-closed Sacred Heart Hospital and four physicians affiliated with the former west side facility were indicted yesterday on federal charges alleging that they collectively paid and received hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal kickbacks in exchange for the referral of hospital patients who were insured by Medicare and Medicaid. Sacred Heart allegedly paid physicians bribes and kickbacks to induce patient referrals and increase…