Dr. Salomon Melgen's attorneys said he may have wrongly billed Medicare for a covered treatment so that he could be paid for an experimental treatment that wasn’t covered, but patients benefited, meaning Medicare’s goal of providing care to seniors was met and it suffered no loss.
Jury selection was scheduled to begin Monday for Jordan Hamlett’s federal trial, but a filing from the court says it must be delayed due to an “unforeseen conflict with the court.” The new trial date is Dec. 11.