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September 24, 2015

Elizabeth Kressin agreed to pay $62,349 to resolve allegations she violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing the Medicaid system for medically unnecessary chiropractic procedures and for the treatment of conditions for which payment is not allowed, including bed wetting, colic and ear infections.  DOJ (Iowa)

February 26, 2015

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General announced the arrest of Dr. Daniel Ronchetta, Chiropractic Physician Assistant John Crowe and patient recruiter Frank Barrios for allegedly defrauding Medicaid and Medicare by paying and receiving kickbacks in return for providing false home health prescriptions and plans of care to patient recruiters. FL