A Jackson doctor is sentenced in U.S. District Court on health care fraud charges.
Cassandra Faye Thomas was ordered Friday to serve 168 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release.
The charges range from wire fraud to conspiracy.
Thomas owned Central Mississippi Physical Medicine Group, Incorporated which claimed to provide free physical therapy services to medicare and medicaid beneficiaries.
Thomas billed medicare and medicaid for false claims of more than $12 million and was paid $6.9 million dollars.
According to the FBI, Thomas was ordered to pay close to $7 million in restitution.
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