New York Podiatrist Pleads Guilty to Medicare Fraud

William Holley, MD, a podiatrist from Buffalo, N.Y., has pleaded guilty to submitting a false claim to Medicare for a procedure he never performed, according to a WIVB news report.

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Dr. Holley admitted to submitting a claim to Medicare in April 2005 for a wedge excision when, in fact, he never performed the procedure on a patient, according to the report.

Sentencing has been scheduled for April 13.

Read the news report about Dr. William Holley’s guilty plea.

Read other coverage about physician fraud:

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