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INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller sued a Noble County chiropractor Thursday, seeking more than $90,000 in Medicaid overpayments the chiropractor is accused of receiving while practicing without a license over a four-year period.
The suit was filed in Marion County against Michael T. Cox of Kendallville and also seeks damages and civil penalties. Cox operates the Limberlost Chiropractic Center in Rome City, which was also named in the lawsuit.
"This individual provided health care without a valid license, posing a potential risk to patients," Zoeller said. "Because he was paid public funds he was not eligible to receive, we are taking action to recover what taxpayers are owed."
According to a written statement from Zoeller’s office, doctors who serve as Medicaid providers sign an agreement with state and federal authorities stipulating they will maintain an active license.
The lawsuit alleges Cox submitted billings for treating Medicaid patients and received reimbursements for more than four years when his chiropractic license had expired.
Cox’s license expired in 2002 because of an unpaid tax lien, the statement said. He eventually got his license reinstated by the Indiana Board of Chiropractic Examiners in 2006 when the tax lien was satisfied, and is currently eligible to practice.
The overpayments were discovered in December 2006 by a firm serving as a Medicaid contractor to the state.
The Attorney General’s Office has not filed a disciplinary action against Cox’s license.
Attempts to reach Cox at his business and home were unsuccessful.
To see Zoeller’s statement, verbatim, please check out The Scoop. http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20090403/BLOGS01/904039955
