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The State of New Jersey, under fire by The Chiropractic Alliance of New Jersey, recently agreed to settlement of a federal lawsuit brought by chiropractors who objected to tactics employed by the early 1990s DOI fraud division.
At the time the wrath of the chiropractors was incurred, the fraud division was headed by Louis Parisi. In 1987, total fines collected amounted to just $19,000. Under the tutelage of Parisi, that total jumped to $15.7 million over the next five years.
In their suit, the chiropractic group objected to many of the operational tactics of the fraud division, referring to them in words such as “extortionists.” Making matters more difficult at the time, was the obvious line between the fraud division and the attorney general’s office.
In the agreement, the state has said it will formalize some investigatory procedures and more fully inform individuals being investigated for fraud of their legal rights.
Parisi’s bottom-line results present a tough act to follow, but Attorney General Deborah Poritz and Elizabeth Randall, the current Commissioner of Insurance, think they’re up to the challenge, especially because the two departments are now working in harmony.
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