NY Podiatrist Arrested For Allegedly Billing Dead Patients (New York)
A Long Island podiatrist was arrested and charged with bilking federal and state healthcare programs by billing them for treatments on patients who had died.
Dr. Alan Cantor was arraigned Wednesday on charges including grand larceny and scheming to defraud. Bail was set at $3,000 bond or $1,500 cash.
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said that the East Meadow podiatrist had bilked Medicare and Medicaid programs of more than $30,000 over a year-and-a-half by billing them for treatments on patients who had died.
Source: Associated Press [3/13/08]
