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Chiropractic Practice Builder Added

In July 2005, two neurologists (Nils Anderson and Harish Thaker) and two chiropractors (Josef Verhaerdt and Mark Sanna) were added as defendants. The amended complaint charges that VeridianHealth paid kickbacks to Verhaerdt and Sanna to recruit other doctors into the referral and testing scheme. Sanna is alleged to have received nearly a half-million dollars in annual kickback payments. Anderson and Thaker, along with a handful of other off-site neurologists recruited by VeridianHealth, allegedly “read” the worthless diagnostic testing reports. VeridianHealth then billed insurance companies as much as $10,600 per case for these purported services [3]. A few days after the amended complaint was filed, Veridian announced that it was discontinuing its business operations. In August, its some of its creditors filed a bankruptcy petition.

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The Netzel law firm represents whistle blowers in every state.

If you know of anybody who is making money by committing health fraud, you might be able to make enough to pay off your student loans or even enroll in the DC to DPT program plus shut down a crook.

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In a ruling that contradicts a previous state court decision and may affect several pending lawsuits totaling almost $75 million in alleged damages, an Eastern District judge has dismissed a claim brought by an insurer that says it lost millions in no-fault benefits paid to illegally structured medical practices.

Judge Charles P. Sifton, in the Eastern District, rejected a claim brought by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., that alleged some 36 multidisciplinary medical practices were structured illegally under New York’s Business Corporation Law and therefore were required to return $6 million in medical benefits paid by the insurer. Specifically, Judge Sifton ruled that the law did not absolve State Farm of its duty to pay the claims and did not give State Farm a private right of action to enforce the corporate structure provisions.

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— It is, perhaps, rare that a federal judge sits in awe of a person the judge has just sentenced to 3 years in prison.

Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Joy Flowers Conti, Pittsburgh, said she was impressed with the ability of Brent J. Detelich to help people turn their lives around, as he had done his own.

“You are, in many ways, extremely remarkable as a person,” Judge Conti told Detelich. “You have a lot of good qualities. Look at what you’ve done to help people with their lives.”

But, the judge said, the strong, charismatic personality that Detelich has used as a force for good, can easily be turned to manipulate people to their detriment.

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