Boston mayor probes suspicious disability claims
July 22nd, 2008
From the Boston Globe:
Mayor Thomas M. Menino ordered the Boston Fire Department to dig through its records in a hunt for doctors who have diagnosed large numbers of city firefighters with work-related injuries, increasing scrutiny on the role physicians play in awarding questionable disability pensions.
The mayor’s office said Menino is seeking to unearth suspicious patterns in which some physicians may have “disproportionately diagnosed disabilities.”
His call is part of a larger effort by city officials to end claims like that of Firefighter Albert Arroyo (left), who competed in a professional bodybuilding competition two weeks after a Dorchester doctor said he was permanently disabled and deserving of a disability pension.
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