New Jersey Doctor Sentenced for Cheating Medicare, Insurers Out of $3M

March 29, 2018

A New Jersey doctor who defrauded Medicare and private insurers out of $3 million has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Anthony Enrico, a podiatrist with offices in Paterson, Passaic, and Elizabeth, had pleaded guilty last October to health care fraud. He was sentenced Monday.

Federal prosecutors say the 60-year-old North Haledon resident billed Medicare and the insurers for more than 150,000 physical therapy sessions that he claimed to have provided but were actually performed by unlicensed and unqualified personnel.

Besides the prison sentence, Enrico must also pay $3 million in restitution.

Enrico had his medical license suspended in April 2017. He had declared bankruptcy in 2008.

Topics Carriers New Jersey

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  • April 2, 2018 at 2:53 pm
    Rosenblatt says:
    How long DID it take? The article didn't say.
  • March 29, 2018 at 4:04 pm
    Bob says:
    Not surprised ... why did it take so long for the Fed's to catch this individual. based on what I have read over the years, there is enough fraud within the Medicare and Medi... read more
  • March 29, 2018 at 1:40 pm
    Jack Kanauph says:
    I hope this a*&hole has $3 million in assets to pay back what he stole. 3 years in prison is not harsh enough of a sentence. Taxpayer's money!!!

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