Pa. chiropractor pleads guilty to defrauding health benefit program
Published: 2009-12-29 12:29:19
Author: Keith L. Martin | Insurance & Financial Advisor | December 21, 2009
A Moosic, Pa., chiropractor pleaded guilty in federal court to a felony charge of making false statements involving a health care benefit program.
Stephen Paranich, 41, faces a maximum of five years imprisonment, a fine of $250,000 and a maximum term of three years supervised release, according to the U.S. Department of Justice Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Published: 2009-12-29 12:29:19
Author: Keith L. Martin | Insurance & Financial Advisor | December 21, 2009
A Moosic, Pa., chiropractor pleaded guilty in federal court to a felony charge of making false statements involving a health care benefit program.
Stephen Paranich, 41, faces a maximum of five years imprisonment, a fine of $250,000 and a maximum term of three years supervised release, according to the U.S. Department of Justice Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Authorities claimed that Paranich operated as a chiropractor, maintaining an office also staffed by an orthopedic surgeon and physical therapist. He submitted claims using both the surgeon’s and the therapist’s provider numbers when they were out of the office, records show.