Crime & Safety

Chesterfield Chiropractic gets 6-Year Prison Sentence for Billing Fraud

Anthony Calandro, who operated the Chiropractic Accident Centre of Crestwood, was sentenced in federal court Tuesday.

Chesterfield chiropractor Anthony Calandro has been sentenced to 72 months in prison and order to pay approximately $1 million in restitution after pleading guilty to federal healthcare fraud charges last fall.

United States District Judge E. Richard Webber also sentenced Calandro’s business, the Chiropractic Accident Centre of Crestwood, to two years of probation and ordered it pay a $2,000 special assessment.

A press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office stated that Calandro had billed insurance companies for x-rays that were never taken and for appointments that patients canceled or had missed.

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In addition to the fraud charge, Calandro was convicted of three counts of making false statements while his corporation as a whole was convicted of four counts of making false statements.

The U.S. Attorney’s office has further details on how Calandro performed the fraud:

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According to testimony presented at trial, during 2010 and 2011, two undercover investigations revealed that Dr. Calandro and Ms. Rueter billed multiple insurance companies for services that were never rendered.  From 2006 to 2011, they submitted numerous reimbursement claims that falsely stated that the Chiropractic Centre had taken more x-rays than were actually taken.  In most instances, only one or two x-rays were taken during a patient’s visit, but many more x-ray views were billed.

Since health insurance companies would not reimburse Chiropractic Centre if a claim indicated the patient had missed an appointment and had not received a billable service, they falsely indicated that a billable service had been provided to patients.  Using false codes, they submitted thousands of false claims for missed appointments.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Attorneys Dorothy McMurtry and Dianna Collins prosecuted the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Read related stories:

Chesterfield Chiropracter Anthony Calandro Convicted of Fraud

FBI Says Chesterfield Chiropractor Guilty of Massive Billing Fraud


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