04/10/2023    

PODIATRISTS AND THE LAW

MO Podiatrist Pleads Guilty to Federal Healthcare Fraud Charges

 

A podiatrist who practiced in East St. Louis pleaded guilty in a U.S. district court on Thursday to committing healthcare fraud from 2016 to 2020. Howard Jackson, 69, of Florissant, Missouri, admitted he routinely billed Medicare and Medicaid for procedures he did not perform. Dr. Jackson admitted in court records that, on many occasions when he billed for a nail avulsion, he had not used anesthesia and had provided only routine foot care like trimming and clipping nails. Jackson cheated Medicare and Medicaid out of at least $144,694.69 as a result of the fraud, court records state. 

 

Source: Belleville News-Democrat [4/7/23]