Kevin Cooper, MD, and Pascagoula, Miss-based Cooper Family Medical Center, were accused of billing Medicare for more than $900,000 for nonreimbursable P-Stim acupuncture devices between July 2018 and August 2019.
The practice allegedly received $179,106.72 after billing Medicare for implantation of the devices despite not performing the procedures.
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