PODIATRISTS AND THE LAW

08/06/2012     

PA Podiatrist Indicted for Healthcare Fraud

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced the unsealing of an indictment charging a podiatrist who practiced in Harrisburg and Elizabethtown with healthcare fraud. According to United States Attorney Peter J. Smith, in May 2012, a federal grand jury charged Dr. Michael C. Karason, age 43, with engaging in a scheme to defraud healthcare benefits programs. The indictment alleges that Dr. Karason caused claims to be submitted to healthcare benefits programs for services purportedly provided in Dauphin County and Lancaster County when, in fact, he did not perform these services.

Source: WLYH CW15 (Harrisburg) [08/02/12]