HOUSTON — A federal jury in Houston has convicted a physician of conspiracy to defraud Medicare of $29 million in a motorized wheelchairs scheme.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Dr. Michael D. Kim also was convicted Tuesday on 17 counts of health care fraud.

Sentencing is Feb. 12.

Each health care fraud conviction has a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The conspiracy conviction has a penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Prosecutors say Kim fraudulently certified physically-fit Medicare beneficiaries from Texas and Louisiana for motorized wheelchairs, in exchange for kickbacks from equipment companies.

Medicare paid out more than $10.3 million based on Kim’s bogus certificates of need involving 3,240 patients during a 16-month period.