Chicago Chiropractor Indicted for Allegedly Billing $10 Million to Medicare and Private Insurers

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https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/chicago-chiropractor-indicted-allegedly-billing-10-million-medicare-and-private

Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Northern District of Illinois

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Chicago Chiropractor Indicted for Allegedly Billing $10 Million to Medicare and Private Insurers for Nonexistent Treatment

CHICAGO — A Chicago chiropractor with a clinic in the West Lawn neighborhood has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly submitting at least $10 million in bogus claims to Medicare and private insurers.

HENRY POSADA submitted the fraudulent claims for purported physical therapy and chiropractic services that were never provided, according to the indictment. In some instances Posada was out of the state on the dates he claimed to have provided chiropractic services, while other times he used his patients’ names without their knowledge to create wholly fictitious claim forms, the indictment states. From 2008 to 2016, Posada submitted at least $10 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare and private insurers, causing those programs to pay at least $5.1 million to Posada and his clinic, Spine Clinics of America S.C., which does business as Associated Back Care and Rehabilitation. The clinic is located in the 4300 block of West 63rd Street in Chicago.

The indictment was returned March 16, 2017, in federal court in Chicago. It charges Posada, 54, of Clarendon Hills, with 18 counts of health care fraud. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Tuesday afternoon before U.S. District Judge Edmond E. Chang. A status hearing was scheduled for May 30, 2017.
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The indictment seeks forfeiture of the $5.1 million, as well as $850,000 in cashier checks, a 2013 Lexus LX 570 automobile, and a property in Watseka, Ill.
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