{"id":221458,"date":"2012-06-28T16:19:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T21:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicekicks.com\/?p=221458"},"modified":"2012-06-28T16:19:59","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T21:19:59","slug":"camden-store-allegedly-billed-medicaid-nike-sneakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/camden-store-allegedly-billed-medicaid-nike-sneakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Camden Store Allegedly Billed Medicaid for Nike Sneakers"},"content":{"rendered":"
Healthcare is a hot topic in more than one news arena. Recently, Shapiro Shoes<\/strong> of Camden, NJ was accused of misclassifying hundreds of Nike sneakers as orthopedic footwear in order to collect reimbursements from Medicaid<\/strong>. According to New Jersey?s Medicaid fraud division, the store billed Medicaid for Nike basketball shoes and Timberland boots, among other footwear. <\/p>\n The state says that Nike told investigators that their company does not manufacture a high-top corrective basketball sneaker. State investigators also say that the store does not stock orthopedic footwear nor do they have the equipment needed to fit patients. <\/p>\n The store?s attorney disputes the claims. While acknowledging that the requests for reimbursements were filed, he says they appear to be within Medicaid?s regulations. <\/p>\n Reimbursement claims dating back to 2006 lack supporting documentation, totaling in a Medicaid overpayment of $36,416. The state has filed an administrative action seeking over $2.5 million in recoveries, interest, and false-claim penalties.<\/p>\n Source: Asbury Park Press<\/a>\/OSD Live<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Shoe store in trouble for allegedly billing Medicad for non-orthopedic sneakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2415,"featured_media":221475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n