FRAUD
1. Fraudulent Billing – Long Term Care Podiatric Services – Podiatrist, as sole practitioner and independent contractor for Preferred Podiatry Group, Inc. (PPG) pleads guilty to felony health care fraud for false billing for incision and drainage of abscesses and hematomas on occasions when he only clipped toenails. Podiatrist agreed to judgment of $999,170 representing the amount of reimbursement he received for false claims.