U.S. v. LAWRENCE

No. 02-1259.

405 F.3d 888 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas R. LAWRENCE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 20, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Japha (Thomas R. Lawrence, Springfield, MO, on the briefs), The Law Offices of David C. Japha, P.C., Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellant.

James C. Murphy, Assistant United States Attorney, (John W. Suthers, United States Attorney, Kathleen Tafoya, Assistant United States Attorney, Michael Theis, Assistant United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before MURPHY, ANDERSON, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.


MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Defendant Thomas R. Lawrence was indicted by a federal grand jury for carrying out a scheme to defraud Medicare. Lawrence, a chiropractor, ran a clinic in Denver, Colorado which performed chelation therapy1 on patients eligible for Medicare. Although chelation therapy is generally not covered by Medicare, Lawrence submitted bills to Medicare indicating the clinic had performed a form of...

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