FORT WORTH, Texas (U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Texas) — The owner/operator of a chiropractic clinic in Fort Worth, Texas, was sentenced this morning on a federal felony conviction stemming from her submission of false reimbursement claims to Medicare and Medicaid, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
Melva Mitchell, 35, of Fort Worth, a licensed chiropractor, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 12 months and one day in federal prison and ordered to pay $126,048 in restitution to Medicare and Medicaid for making false statements relating to health care matters. Mitchell operated Best Choice Chiropractic and Wellness Center on Oakland Boulevard in Fort Worth. She must surrender to the Bureau of Prisons on February 24, 2015.
via Fort Worth Chiropractor Sentenced in Heath Care Fraud Case – inForney.com.