PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island chiropractor who pleaded guilty to fraudulently billing an insurance company has been sentenced to three years of probation, the first six months of which must be served in home confinement, federal prosecutors said.
Eugene Kramer, 51, the owner of New England Spine and Disk Center in Providence, devised a scheme to defraud an auto insurer by billing for days patients did not attend treatment, for treatment not provided, and by falsifying medical notes and documentation to support nonexistent personal injury claims, the U.S. attorney for Rhode Island said in a statement.
Someone cooperating with the FBI visited Kramer’s office 15 times for chiropractic treatment allegedly suffered in a car accident, prosecutors said. And in most instances, little or no treatment was provided, prosecutors said.
Kramer also cheated the IRS out of almost $67,000 in taxes over a three-year period, prosecutors said.
In addition to probation, Kramer was sentenced Wednesday to perform 900 hours of community service and pay a $25,000 fine, prosecutors said.
He pleaded guilty in June to health care fraud and filing a false tax return.
