The State - News from Dec. 22, 1986
A physician who formerly directed emergency room doctors at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla was indicted by a federal grand jury in San Diego on charges of defrauding patients and insurance companies out of $400,000. Robert Eggold, 39, who is now practicing medicine in another state, and his company, Emergency Care Medical Group Inc., were accused of defrauding several private insurance companies and Medicare in addition to patients. Eggold directed emergency room doctors at Scripps for 10 years, but assistant U.S. Atty. George Hardy said the fraud counts stem from a spot auditing of emergency room billings for the months of August, 1983, and September, 1984.
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