Two Mt. Pleasant physician assistants indicted on fraud charges

A federal grand jury has indicted two Mt. Pleasant physician assistants for alleged Medicare fraud. Clinton James Cornell, owner of Central Michigan Urgent Care and Cornell Health and Wellness at 520 N. Mission St., and John Eric Roberts, formerly of the same clinic, were indicted Thursday in U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, according to court records. Cornell is a previous employee of Lakeshore Spine and Pain, which was the site of a federal raid earlier this year. Cornell is alleged to have referred one or more patients to Lakeshore Spine and Pain and/or other medical clinics operated by Babubhai Rathod in return for illegal kickbacks, according to the indictment.

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