Churchville Chiropractor Charged with Fraud
Harold Bloom, owner of Weather Vane Wellness Center, stands accused of filling more than 100,000 in fraudulent insurance claims at his Churchville business.
An Ivyland man stands accused of filing thousands of dollars in fraudulent insurance claims out of his local chiropractic office. According to Attorney General Linda Kelly, Howard Bloom, 55, of 8 Lincoln Circle, submitted more than $116,000 in fraudulent medicare claims, many of which originated from his Weather Vane Wellness Center in Churchville. According to the criminal complaint, Bloom submitted bogus insurance claims under a billing code that required a doctor to have direct one-on-one contact with a patient. Instead, Bloom allegedly submitted claims for more than 2,000 treatments which were actually performed by massage therapists, rather than administering the therapies himself. Bloom allegedly submitted insurance claims on …
shawn meenan
10:06 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013
These are formal accusations and that is all they are. As of the date this article was written, no one has proven that this man did anything illegal. Thank God we have a presumption of innocence in this country regardless of whether some of the persons making the aforementioned comments deserve it. more ›