February 1, 2021

Florida pain clinics Collier Anesthesia Pain, LLC and Tampa Pain Relief Center, Inc., will together pay $1.7 million to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act.  The clinics were alleged to have paid unlawful kickbacks to affiliated surgery centers by waiving copayments for surgical facility fees in order to induce patients to receive injection procedures. In addition, the government contended that the clinics improperly billed for evaluation and management services and psychological testing services.  USAO MD FL

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