Defense awaits CMS response in Guam multimillion-dollar Medicare fraud case

District Court Chief Judge Frances M. Tydingco-Gatewood has given the defense counsel in the $32 million health care fraud case until the end of this week to let the court know if the June trial date would need to be delayed.

The jury trial for co-defendants Clifford Shoemake, Kimberly "Casey" Conner and Nicholas Shoemake has been scheduled to begin on June 25.

They were indicted in January 2016 for allegedly conspiring to defraud Medicare and TriCare by submitting more than $32 million in fraudulent claims for ambulance transportation services with Guam Medical Transport. Those services were not medically necessary, the prosecution contends.

"Almost all of the subpoenas have been served," said Nicholas Shoemake's defense attorney Louie Yanza. He said the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been served with a subpoena, but he has not received a response. Yanza told the court his office would follow up.

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