Spadoni allegedly defrauded Rush Oak Park Hospital, operated by Rush University Health System, of $622,500 after he entered the hospital under a professional services agreement around December 2013 with Medical Education Solutions (MES), a pedicure company founded and owned by Spadoni.
Under the settlement, Rush paid MES $6,500 per month for “administrative support and compliance services,” but only $1,500 was actually used for contracted services, according to the indictment. Instead, Spadoni and his wife used the money for “their own personal gain, the indictment said.
The alleged scheme runs until July 2021, around the time the hospital’s new CEO Dr Dino Rumoro revealed the discovery of financial embezzlement by a former executive. But Spadoni’s name was not revealed at the time.
Rush did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday night.
This story first appeared in Crain’s Chicago Business.
