Feds: Crestwood chiropractic center padded patient bills-livejournal-blogger

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ST. LOUIS • A Crestwood chiropractic center, the chiropractor and an  employee have been indicted for billing insurance companies for work  that was never done, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Dr. Anthony Calandro, 55, of Chesterfield, and his billing assistant,  Sherry Rueter, 62, of St. Louis County, billed insurance companies for X- rays that were never taken and appointments that had been canceled or
missed, prosecutors said. The charges are the result of two undercover  investigations in 2010 and 2011, they said. Calandro, Rueter and the Chiropractic Accident Centre each face one  felony count of health care fraud and four felony counts of making false  statements related to health care services. "Dr. Calandro has been working diligently with the federal authorities to  address reconciliation of the billing issues and will continue to do so  despite the indictment," said Albert Watkins, Calandro's attorney.