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Fri Oct 26, 2018, 02:03 AM Oct 2018

Las Vegas ex-doctor gets year in prison for health care fraud

A former Las Vegas doctor was sentenced Thursday to a year and a day in federal prison in connection with a sweeping crackdown on health care fraud by the Department of Justice.

Horace Guerra, a family doctor and a former managing partner of Incera LLC, pleaded guilty in July to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Authorities said he provided pre-signed prescription pads to Robert Harvey, a surgical technician, and Alejandro Incera, a nurse practitioner, who wrote opioid prescriptions for patients without a legitimate medical purpose.

Harvey and Incera, who also have pleaded guilty, are set to be sentenced in January.

Prosecutors claimed the conspiracy racked up $3.7 million in combined losses.

Read more: https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/las-vegas-ex-doctor-gets-year-in-prison-for-health-care-fraud/

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