January 4, 2021
Three providers,
James P. Anderson, as owner of Affiliated Neurologists, PLC;
Charles F. Spencer, as owner of Total Family Physicians Center PLLC; and
Mitchell P. Shea, as owner of Chiro2Med of Tennessee P.C., have agreed to pay the United States and Tennessee a total of
$1.72 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act for improperly billing Medicare and TennCare for “P-Stim” electro-acupuncture devices that do not qualify for reimbursement. The defendants billed for the disposable P-Stim devices using a code reserved for neurostimulator devices that are implanted during a surgical procedure.
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