PIO doctor held over graft case

An Indian-origin gynaecologist in the US has been arrested for allegedly accepting favours from a pharmaceutical company in return for prescribing its osteoporosis drugs and allowing sales representatives to access patient records, a media report said.

Rita Luthra was indicted on one count of violating the Anti-Kickback Statute, one count of wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information and one count of obstructing a criminal health care investigation.