◆ A federal jury on March 8 convicted New Jersey rheumatologist Alice Chu for defrauding Medicare and other health insurance programs, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.^[1] From 2010 through 2019, Chu, of Fort Lee, who ran a rheumatology practice in Clifton, billed Medicare and other payers for expensive infusion medications that were never purchased by her practice. She also fraudulently charged millions of dollars for allergy services that patients never got or needed. DOJ said Chu was convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and health care fraud.