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it's amazing.
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> I thought this was hysterical, it's just kind of sad
> it's a true story.
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> Full-name: Tamar40
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> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 00:43:02 EST
> Subject: funny story
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> .. and another thing
>
> A California podiatrist's footloose billing habits
> could land
> him in prison.
>
> Last week, a federal grand jury indicted Dr. Robert
> Kasamatsu,
> accusing him of collecting on fraudulent Medicare
> billing,
> totaling more than $600,000 over four years.
>
> Many elderly people who had never even met Dr.
> Kasamatsu
> reported that foot treatments they hadn't received
> were listed
> as "paid" on their Medicare statements. Apparently
> Dr. Kasamatsu
> accessed their medical records through nursing homes
> where he
> sometimes attended to other patients.
>
> But he didn't check the records quite carefully
> enough.
>
> Dr. Kasamatsu is also accused of billing Medicare
> for the
> treatment of 30 patients who were dead at the time
> of their
> supposed procedures. (You can almost imagine a
> stammering Woody
> Allen playing the part of Dr. Kasamatsu trying to
> explain why 30
> dead people needed the services of a podiatrist.)
>
> But it gets even better: Almost 40 of Dr. K's
> imaginary patients
> who had received "treatment" on both feet were
> actually amputees
> who were missing either one or both feet.
>
> D'oh!
>
> It just goes to show: You have to be light on your
> feet to stay
> one step ahead of the feds.
>
> To Your Good Health,
>
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> f">.. and another thing<BR><BR>A California
> podiatrist's footloose billing h=
> abits could land<BR>him in prison. <BR><BR>Last
> week, a federal grand jury i=
> ndicted Dr. Robert Kasamatsu,<BR>accusing him of
> collecting on fraudulent Me=
> dicare billing,<BR>totaling more than $600,000 over
> four years. <BR><BR>Many=
> elderly people who had never even met Dr.
> Kasamatsu<BR>reported that foot t=
> reatments they hadn't received were listed<BR>as
> "paid" on their Medicare st=
> atements. Apparently Dr. Kasamatsu <BR>accessed
> their medical records throug=
> h nursing homes where he<BR>sometimes attended to
> other patients. <BR><BR>Bu=
> t he didn't check the records quite carefully
> enough. <BR><BR>Dr. Kasamatsu=20=
> is also accused of billing Medicare for
> the<BR>treatment of 30 patients who=20=
> were dead at the time of their<BR>supposed
> procedures. (You can almost imagi=
> ne a stammering Woody<BR>Allen playing the part of
> Dr. Kasamatsu trying to e=
> xplain why 30 <BR>dead people needed the services of
> a podiatrist.)<BR><BR>B=
> ut it gets even better: Almost 40 of Dr. K's
> imaginary patients <BR>who had=20=
> received "treatment" on both feet were actually
> amputees <BR>who were missin=
> g either one or both feet. <BR><BR>D'oh! <BR><BR>It
> just goes to show: You h=
> ave to be light on your feet to stay<BR>one step
> ahead of the feds. <BR><BR>=
> To Your Good Health,<BR></BODY></HTML>
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