Podiatrist Soaks Payers With Fraudulent Claims

Medicare and other insurance programs took a bath in a Tennessee podiatrist’s scheme of prescribing and dispensing medically unnecessary — and virtually useless — foot bath medications. Dr. Nathan Lucas, of Advanced Foot & Ankle Care of Memphis LLC, which includes two in-house pharmacies, was convicted last week of carrying out a scheme that investigators say resulted in nearly $4 million in insurance claims, with Medicare and the state-run TennCare absorbing the biggest losses, as reported by WKRN in Memphis. The foot soaks included capsules, creams and powde...