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New York Doctor Charged in $6.8M Medicare Fraud Scheme
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New York Doctor Charged in $6.8M Medicare Fraud Scheme

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PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE — A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida returned an indictment on Tuesday charging Dr. Edgard Salazar, 57, of Armonk, New York, with conspiring to bill Medicare for thousands of consultations that never occurred and millions of dollars of orthotic braces that Medicare patients did not want or need.

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U.S. Department of Justice
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12 November 2026 · 12:00 UTC
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12 November 2026 · 16:30 UTC
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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/new-york-doctor-charged-68m-medicare-fraud-scheme
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