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Tennessee Chiropractor Pays More Than $1.45 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

Posted  January 26, 2018

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

A Lenior City, Tennessee, chiropractor has paid $1.45 million, plus interest, to resolve False Claims Act violations. Matthew Anderson and his management company, PMC LLC, managed four pain clinics in Tennessee, most recently known as; Cookeville Center for Pain Management; Spinal Pain Solutions in Harriman; Preferred Pain Center of Grundy County in Gruetli Laager; and McMinnville Pain Relief Center. All of these clinics are now closed.

The settlement with Anderson and PMC resolves the governments’ claims that from 2011 through 2014, they caused pharmacies to submit requests for Medicare and TennCare payments for pain killers, including opioids, which were dispensed based upon prescriptions written at the Cookeville Center for Pain Management and which had no legitimate medical purpose. The United States also contended that Anderson caused all four clinics to bill Medicare for upcoded claims for office visits that were not reimbursable at the levels sought. In addition, the United States claimed that Anderson and PMC caused the submission of Medicare claims by the Cookeville and Harriman clinics for services provided by two nurse practitioners who were not collaborating with a physician as required by Tennessee law during parts of 2011 and 2012.

“As evidenced here, we will use all available resources, including civil remedies, to pursue those whose actions continue to fuel the opioid epidemic plaguing our nation,” said U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee. “In this case, a concerned whistleblower brought a civil suit which has ultimately held those responsible for the illicit prescribing of opioids and at the same time cheating the taxpayers by causing federal healthcare programs to pay for such highly addictive drugs. We will continue to give the highest priority to fighting opioid abuse on all fronts.”

“More Americans are dying because of drugs today than ever before-a trend that is being driven by opioids,” said Attorney General Jeff Sessions. “If we’re going to end this unprecedented drug crisis, which is claiming the lives of 64,000 Americans each year, doctors must stop overprescribing opioids and law enforcement must aggressively pursue those medical professionals who act in their own financial interests, at the expense of their patients’ best interests. Today’s settlement is a positive step that will help save lives, as well as protect taxpayers’ money, in Tennessee and across the United States.” DOJ

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1 Reply to Tennessee Chiropractor Pays More Than $1.45 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

  • Anonymous says:

    And now that they are closed, where are those that have legitimate pain suppose to go? Alot of us old people have health that can not survive cold turkey withdrawal. Gonna just let us die?

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