Chiropractor Kevin Brown allegedly submitted claims to Medicare for surgically implanted neurostimulator devices, even though his companies — Revive Medical of San Diego and Oklahoma City, Okla.-based Revive Medical — did not implant them, according to a July 23 news release from the Justice Department.
Mr. Brown and his companies instead taped a disposable electroacupuncture device to patients’ ears, which do not require surgical implantation and are not reimbursable to Medicare.
Along with the settlement, Mr. Brown also agreed to a five-year exclusion period from Medicare, Medicaid, and all other federal healthcare programs.
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