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SoCal doctor gets prison for diluting AIDS meds

The Associated Press

Posted: 02/22/2010 06:42:53 PM PST

Updated: 02/22/2010 06:42:54 PM PST

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A Riverside County doctor who admitted giving 21 AIDS, HIV or

hepatitis patients diluted doses of medication has been sentenced to 15 months

in federal prison.

Prosecutors say 59-year-old Dr. Kooshian of La Quinta was sentenced in

U.S. District Court in Santa Ana on Monday.

Kooshian pleaded guilty last year to improperly billing his patients' health

insurance companies for medications used to treat problems relating to AIDS, HIV

and hepatitis.

The judge also ordered Kooshian to pay about $660,000 in restitution to 18

insurance companies that he billed for the full dose.

His co-defendant and assistant, Virgil Opinion of Anaheim, pleaded guilty to

participating in the scheme. He was sentenced in September to three years of

probation and ordered to split the restitution with Kooshian

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http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_14450986

SoCal doctor gets prison for diluting AIDS meds

The Associated Press

Posted: 02/22/2010 06:42:53 PM PST

Updated: 02/22/2010 06:42:54 PM PST

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A Riverside County doctor who admitted giving 21 AIDS, HIV or

hepatitis patients diluted doses of medication has been sentenced to 15 months

in federal prison.

Prosecutors say 59-year-old Dr. Kooshian of La Quinta was sentenced in

U.S. District Court in Santa Ana on Monday.

Kooshian pleaded guilty last year to improperly billing his patients' health

insurance companies for medications used to treat problems relating to AIDS, HIV

and hepatitis.

The judge also ordered Kooshian to pay about $660,000 in restitution to 18

insurance companies that he billed for the full dose.

His co-defendant and assistant, Virgil Opinion of Anaheim, pleaded guilty to

participating in the scheme. He was sentenced in September to three years of

probation and ordered to split the restitution with Kooshian

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