Health club operators and local chiropractor charged with health care fraudPublished: 2010-07-03 19:37:01Author: The Reporter | March 17, 2010PHILADELPHIA – Mark Levin, Michael Karp and Raymond Brozek, a
chiropractor, were charged today in connection with a $1.9 million
scheme to defraud Independence Blue Cross, announced United States
Attorney Michael L. Levy.
The charges allege that Levin, 64,
and Karp, 39, both of Bala Cynwyd, were the owners of the Hatfield
Athletic Club and Rehab One, a chiropractic and rehabilitation facility
located inside the club, in Hatfield. It is alleged that Brozek, 57, of
Telford, was a chiropractor hired by Levin and Karp to work at Rehab One
from approximately 2004 through 2006. In addition to seeing patients at
Rehab One, it is alleged that Brozek saw some patients at a gym located
in the basement of Levin’s home, known as Rehab Two, and at the homes
of Levin’s friends.
Between March 2004 and November 2006, it is
alleged that Rehab One fraudulently billed Independence Blue Cross for
chiropractic treatments that Brozek performed for the owners and
employees of Hatfield Athletic Club, Rehab One and Rehab Two that were
not medically necessary; that were purportedly supervised by Brozek; or
provided directly by Brozek when he, Levin and Karp knew the services
were not performed by Brozek or any other licensed medical professional;
and for services the defendants knew were not reimbursable, according
to a press release from the United States Attorney’s office.
It
is alleged that Brozek prepared fraudulent pre-printed forms, known as
“superbills,” for Hatfield Athletic Club employees and family members,
who signed Rehab One’s patient log for purportedly receiving weekly
chiropractic treatment, but did not receive treatment, according to the
United States Attorney’s office.
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