Feds: Crestwood chiropractic center padded patient bills-livejournal

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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.