{"id":10603,"date":"2016-11-23T21:32:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T01:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=10603"},"modified":"2016-12-03T20:09:53","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T01:09:53","slug":"convicted-doctor-asks-for-new-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2016\/11\/23\/convicted-doctor-asks-for-new-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Convicted Doctor Asks For New Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2207\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2015\/11\/23\/former-officials-go-to-trial-next-month\/trial-scales-gavel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trial-scales-gavel.jpg?fit=236%2C213&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"236,213\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"trial scales &amp;#038; gavel\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trial-scales-gavel.jpg?fit=236%2C213&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trial-scales-gavel.jpg?resize=236%2C213\" alt=\"trial scales &amp; gavel\" width=\"236\" height=\"213\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2207\" \/><br \/>\nA Kentucky doctor convicted of performing unnecessary heart procedures on dozens of patients is asking for a new trial.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Ashland cardiologist Dr. Richard E. Paulus says substantial legal errors were committed in his trial, including the jury being given incorrect instructions. Paulus was convicted October 27 on charges of health care fraud and making false statements relating to health care matters.<\/p>\n<p>In court documents, Paulus also accused prosecutors of using misleading evidence, including a settlement with the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure.<\/p>\n<p>Paulus was accused of performing numerous medically unnecessary heart procedures over a five-year period and falsifying records in order to bill Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers.<\/p>\n<p>Paulus, who faces 25 years in prison, is scheduled to be sentenced on April 25.<br \/>\nSource:  AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Kentucky doctor convicted of performing unnecessary heart procedures on dozens of patients is asking for a new trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":2207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trial-scales-gavel.jpg?fit=236%2C213&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-2L1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-08 16:12:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10604,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10603\/revisions\/10604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}