From November 2018 and April 2020, they allegedly billed Medicare for implanted neurostimulators, which require surgical implantation in an ASC, according to a March 6 news release from the Justice Department.
However, instead of performing surgery, Dr. Goolsby applied P-Stim devices — a non-surgical, electric acupuncture device — to patients’ ears in his office.
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