{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Ethical Nag","provider_url":"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org","author_name":"Carolyn Thomas","author_url":"https:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/author\/czthomas\/","title":"Cardiologists accused of implanting cardiac stents that weren’t needed","type":"link","html":"A veteran cardiologist accused of performing hundreds of unnecessary and potentially dangerous stent procedures is not alone: last year, another U.S. cardiologist was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on 51 charges of health care fraud that personally netted him half a million dollars in cash from implanting unnecessary stents. ","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/09\/stent_2.jpg?fit=440%2C330","thumbnail_width":273,"thumbnail_height":275}