12/16/2013    

PODIATRISTS AND THE LAW

MI Podiatrist Vows to Fight Medicare Fraud Charges

 

A Grand Rapids podiatrist is disputing allegations from federal investigators who say he intentionally billed Medicare for $153,378 in services he did not perform. Dr. Martin Glenn Hoffmeister was named in a 67-count indictment unsealed on Thursday, Dec. 12, in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids.

 

The doctor's reaction to the accusations were swift and clear. “It’s not true,” Hoffmeister said. "It's not founded in fact." The government, said Hoffmeister, submitted false claims for services not provided, specifically, nail avulsion surgeries in which a toenail or part of a toenail is removed.

 

Source: John Agar, Mlive Kalamazoo [12/12/13]