Convicted Physician Doubles Prison Time Running from Justice

A New Mexico cardiologist must go to prison for more than four years and pay over $623,000 for charges of defrauding insurance plans, then lying about cancer treatment to skip his sentencing.

A federal district court judge in New Mexico sentenced Roy G. Heilbron on July 10 following convictions of health-care fraud and obstruction of justice. The attempt to run from the court more than doubled his sentence.

Heilbron must also pay more than $623,000 to public health programs and private insurers in restitution, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Heilbron, 54, was a holistic ...