05/10/2015    

PODIATRISTS AND THE LAW

OH Podiatrist Sentenced for Wrong Place of Service Billing

 

A Canfield foot doctor will not spend any time in prison after being convicted of healthcare fraud. During a hearing on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Denver, a judge placed Dr. Anthony Innocenzi on probation for five years and ordered him to make restitution in the amount of $51,313. Innocenzi, who has a foot care practice in Colorado and an office on Tippecanoe Road in Canfield, pleaded guilty in February to a single count of healthcare fraud. The Assistant U.S. Attorney says that the 45-year-old podiatrist billed Medicare for treating patients at two offices in Colorado. However, the government said that the treatment was not actually administered in the offices, but at nursing homes in Grand Junction and Trinidad, CO.

 

Source: Mike Gauntner, WFMJ [5/7/15]