NY Podiatrist Angry at Medicare for Improper Refund Demand
Queens podiatrist Dr. Victor Chen is angry. Medicare is demanding that he repay thousands of dollars they paid him three years ago for treating Hector Toro, a diabetic who suffered severe diabetes and its complications."I had to amputate his right foot and make three trips to the O.R.," said Chen. Since Mr. Toro had a valid Medicare card, Dr. Chen's office billed Medicare and was paid in 2010.
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Sadly, Hector Toro, blind and disabled, died from diabetes two years ago. A few months ago, Medicare sent letters to Dr. Chen and the other doctors who treated Mr. Toro demanding that they return money because the patient was not in the country legally, a fact they say Dr. Chen should have known. But Mr. Toro was a legal citizen.
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Source: Arnold Diaz, Fox News [7/24/13]
