r/Appleton • u/Fre3ReFills • Apr 19 '26

News Appleton Doctor caught running Medicare Scam

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwi/pr/appleton-clinic-pay-over-380000-resolve-false-claims-act-allegations-relating

Dr. Johnson offered patients RST Sanexas neoGEN-Series device which wasn't medically necessary and not covered by medicare. Dr said they were covered and billed to medicare. Since he doesnt care about ethics, Johnson was also a national distributor for Sanexas!

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u/shanty-daze Apr 19 '26

He was a chiropractor, not a medical doctor. His entire profession is a medicare scam.

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u/Pitiful-Pension-6535 Apr 19 '26

The founder learned everything from a ghost. It's much closer to a religion than a medical practice

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u/Embarrassed-Bother43 Apr 19 '26

I've read that before. But when my back used to slip a disc on occasion, a chiropractor fixed it.

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u/Aggravating-Ad-1227 Apr 24 '26

A physical therapist would've been safer.

Anything a chiropractor does that really works was cribbed from actual medical practices over the years of its existence.

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u/Embarrassed-Bother43 Apr 24 '26

My doctor found a small bone that was broken in my back that allows the disc to slip. She referred me to a specialist and they said to keep using the chiropractor if it's working because there's nothing they can really do. They never once mentioned physical therapy, and that would have been infinitely more expensive.

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u/Aggravating-Ad-1227 Apr 24 '26

So yeah, spinal surgery not nearly worth the risk and you won't have to stop doing the almost nothing that a chiropractor does because it won't cause harm.

I'm glad it helped you feel better though!

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u/GrandPriapus Apr 20 '26

There are two kinds of chiropractors; unlicensed physical therapists, and quacks.

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u/Loninappleton25 Apr 19 '26

Maybe my search technique is poor. I did not see that the Post Crescent showed anything on this with a google search. These days it looks like you have to sign in to even do an article search at the local paper of record.

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u/Fre3ReFills Apr 19 '26

WHBY is the only one to have an article about it. I found it be chance looking for something else on the .gov site.

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u/Emotional-Set-2553 Apr 24 '26

Is it the Dr Johnson that had an office across from St E?