GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A retired Kalamazoo doctor has been sentenced to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release for health care fraud and reusing medical devices on multiple patients.
As part of his sentence in federal court in Grand Rapids this week, 72-year old Roger Beyer was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and $883,292 in restitution.
In September, Beyer’s wife, Susan Wright, was sentenced to three years probation for her role in the case.
Both Beyer and Wright pleaded guilty at a hearing in May.
Beyer owned Women’s Health Care Specialists, P.C., an obstetrics-gynecology practice in Kalamazoo, and Urological Solutions of Michigan, PLC, a medical practice consisting of traveling nurse practitioners in West Michigan.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wright knew the practice was fraudulently billing Medicare for services but never informed authorities.
Beyer closed the practice and announced his retirement in July 2019, just weeks after federal prosecutors launched their investigation.
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