Medicare fraud — Florida pain clinic company pays up $7.4M to government

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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida reported Physicians Group Services, a company overseeing pain clinics in northeast Florida, was involved in Medicare fraud, according to Health News Florida

Here are five key points:

 

1. The company, which runs clinics under the name Coastal Spine and Pain, will pay the federal government $7.4 million.

 

2. The company fraudulently billed Medicare for unnecessary patient drug tests.

 

3. Physicians Group Services ordered initial drug screenings for patients, but subsequently ordered expensive and unneeded follow-up tests in every case.

 

4. The company then billed Medicare for these unnecessary follow-up tests.

 

5. The fraudulent billing was detected after a review of the company's claims data.

 

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