West County Podiatrist Sentenced For Medicare Fraud
John Dailey, of West St. Louis County, was sentenced to eight months in prison and ordered to pay $60,000 after he pleaded guilty to charges of medicare fraud.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, John M. Dailey, 55, of West St. Louis County, was sentenced to eight months in prison and ordered to pay $60,000 Monday after he pleaded guilty to charges of medicare fraud in September. (For instant news updates follow Patch on Facebook and Twitter.) As previously reported by Patch, Dailey pleaded guilty to three counts of making false statements to the Medicare program about services he never provided to three patients. The following information was contained in the statement released by the U.S. Attorney's Office Monday. Dr. John M. Dailey was sentenced to 8 months in prison for making false statements to the Medicare program about face-to-face office visits that he did not actually provide to …
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Mike Budd
12:50 pm on Saturday, September 22, 2012
What a shame... Las Vegas, Nevada and Hawaii! I am probably a bit "old school" but in my mind doctors still have a special role and this gives them obligations, starting with exemplarity. I often say that "politicians care about power, companies care about money, doctors care about people"... well we have an exception here :-( I hope that it will not raise suspicion against this noble profession… more ›