Potential Diabetic Shoe "Scam" in New York

Potential Diabetic Shoe "Scam" in New York

Paul Prusakowski

11/11/2003

This message is being posted for Bob Bangham, CO, LO - he had some
difficulties with his email.

 

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Dear Membership,

This evening, 11/10/03 I got a distressing call from a friend of mine. His
son living in New York has been invited to take a 3 hour course on Wednesday
11/12/03 which will then have him trained to go door to door and sell
Diabetic Shoes & Inserts, his Dad say's he is offered $65.00 a customer to
make these sales.

I feel this is fraudulent and have told Dad & son this, but need some
information documenting the illegality of this action, any idea's.

I'm told this man has initiated this practice in Houston, TX and as a Texas
practitioner feel that our licensure law is designed to have only CO',
C'Ped's & Physicians be allowed to provide these services in Texas.

The obviously major payor of these services would be Medicare and this also
would appear to be Medicare fraud, since the biller is not the person
providing the patient contact and the patient contact person has no
competency, in my opinion.

Please, respond ASAP.

Thanks,

Bob Bangham, C.O., L.O.
Corpus Christi, Texas

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