His heart wasnt in it charged a cardiologist from the southern Chicago suburbs with bilking Medicare and insurance companies out of more than $13 mill

Federal authorities have charged a cardiologist from the southern Chicago suburbs with bilking Medicare and insurance companies out of more than $13 million for care they say he never provided. According to U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald's office, 49-year-old Dr. Sushil Sheth faces as long as 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for one count of health care fraud. Fitzgerald's office alleged Friday that Sheth received $13.4 million between January 2002 and July 2007 in fraudulent reimbursement for high levels of cardiac care that the office says the doctor never performed. The (Tinley Park) SouthtownStar contacted Seth Friday at his Burr Ridge home and he denied the allegations. Sheth is affiliated with several hospitals in the southern suburbs and allegedly used his hospital access to obtain patient information.