People v. Donaldson

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Turner, Jr., J.), rendered December 14, 1990, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of grand larceny in the second degree and offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree (10 counts).

On February 19, 1985 defendant, a podiatrist, became a participating physician in the Medicaid program. As such, she received a Medicaid provider manual for podiatrists and claim forms. Defendant submitted claims for orthotics pursuant to Medicaid procedure code 90473 contained in the manual. This code expressly provides for…