Dr. Dave Dai Quang Pham, a St. Louis podiatrist, is accused of trying to exchange prescription drugs for sex.
The St. Francois County Prosecutor charged 49-year-old Dr. Pham with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, distribution of a controlled substance, and a misdemeanor, patronizing prostitution.
Source: Associated Press (April 2, 2009)
A St. Louis, Missouri podiatrist has plead guilty to obstructing a federal audit when she provided the Medicare program with a false and backdated treatment record, U.S. said Thursday.
Bic Chau Stafford, D.P.M., 59, who practices at the Family Foot and Ankle Care Center in Maryland Heights, as well as assorted assisted living facilities in St. Louis County and St. Louis City, plead guilty to one felony count of obstruction of a federal audit. When sentenced Dr. Stafford faces fines of up to $250,000 and maximum penalty of five years in prison.
Prosecutors said that Dr. Stafford allegedly billed Medicare for complex foot surgeries provided to 39 Medicare beneficiaries when she was really providing these patients with only routine foot care, such as toenail clippings
Prosecutors said, in response to a Medicare audit, Dr. Stafford created new treatment records for the 39 patients in 2007 and backdated them to 2004, and claimed that she had provided these patients with podiatric surgery.
Source: St. Louis Business Journal (April 2, 2009)
Larry Cruel, D.P.M., a Mississippi podiatrist, has been arrested following an insurance fraud investigation, announced Attorney General.
Larry Cruel, D.P.M. (age 44), is a podiatrist at Advanced Foot Care in Jackson, MS. He was recently arrested by investigators with the Attorney General's Office and charged with one count of insurance fraud and one count of wire fraud for allegedly submitting false claims to Blue Cross Blue Shield. Dr. Cruel faces up to three years for the insurance fraud charge and up to five years for the wire fraud charge .
As with all cases, the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Source: Compnewsnetwork, March 27, 2009 (workerscompensation.com)
A St. Louis County podiatrist, Dr. Denise Hardy, 45, recently plead guilty to a health care fraud charge in federal court in St. Louis and has admitted to over billing Medicaid and Medicare for unnecessary treatments.
Prosecutors said that Denise Hardy, D.P.M., lied on treatment notes from 2000 through 2005 so that Medicaid and Medicare would pay for foot care that would not otherwise have been reimbursed.
Dr. Hardy worked for South St. Louis Orthopedic Group between 1998 and 2005 and provided podiatric services at their office as well as at nursing homes, such as Lafayette Habilitation and at senior service centers at St. Anthonys Medical Center and St. Alexius Hospital.
Denise Hardy was paid a salary of $55,000 plus between 50 to 60 percent of the revenue she had billed each month over $12,000.
Source: St. Louis Post Dispatch 3-13-2009
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