n Illinois chiropractor was sentenced to 20 months in prison and
ordered to repay more than $2.3 million, following convictions on multiple charges related to a scheme to defraud
nies, theU.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of Illinois announced.
Carrie Musselman, 48, of Eureka, was sentenced on June 24 after a jur
y found her guilty of one count of healthcare fraud and five counts of wire fraud.
At the hearing before Senior U.S. District Judge Michael M. Mihm, the government presented evidence that Musselman engaged in a multi-year fraud
to steal more than $2.5 million from Medicare and other insurance companies.
As part of the scheme, Musselman allegedly submitted fraudule
nt insurance claims which indicates that services had been performed by medical doctors when they were actually per
formed by mid-level providers. That results in automatic pay increases for Musselman to which she was not entitled.
Musselman allegedly also made claims that falsely asserted patients had received services that were never pr
ovided. These claims included explicitly providing patients with allergy injections when no such injections were given. Instead, patients were sent home with ora
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l drops that had not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, were considered “experimental,” and had not been proven to be effective.
“The submission of false claims undermines the integrity of our federal healthcare system,” said Linda T. Hanley, Special Agent in Charge with the United States Depa
rtment of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General.
The case investigation was conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Office of Investigations, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Springfield Field Office. Assista
nt U.S. Attorneys Douglas F. McMeyer, Bryan D. Freres, and Grace J. Hitzeman represent the government at trial.