Pa. chiropractor pleads guilty to defrauding health benefit programPublished: 2009-12-29 12:29:19Author: Keith L. Martin | Insurance & Financial Advisor | December 21, 2009A 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.
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