U.S. Attorney’s Office: Podiatrist Sentenced To 97 Months For Fraud Scheme

(February 8, 2017, 1:44 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A judge in Pennsylvania federal court sentenced a former podiatrist to 97 months in prison and ordered him to pay $4.9 million in restitution after pleading guilty to health care fraud for submitting bills to Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers for procedures that were not performed or medically unnecessary, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced Feb. 7 (United States of America v. Stephen A. Monaco, No. 16cr255, E.D. Pa.)....

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