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Kickbacks: Medical Practices and Doctors Settlements for Accepting Millennium Freebies

by | Oct 18, 2019 | Essential, Lab Compliance Advisor

In 2016, Millennium Health settled one of the largest lab kickback schemes ever concocted for $256 million. In September 2017, federal enforcers turned their attention to the practices that accepted bribes from Millennium in the form of...

In 2016, Millennium Health settled one of the largest lab kickback schemes ever concocted for $256 million. In September 2017, federal enforcers turned their attention to the practices that accepted bribes from Millennium in the form of free point of care test cups. In July, Anesthesia Services P.C. d/b/a University Pain Clinic of Detroit became the tenth practice to settle charges for taking the free cups. Settlement total: $44,900. Here’s a rundown of all the announced settlements to date.

Millennium Free POCT Cup Physicians Settlement Scorecard (as of Sept. 20, 2019)
Date Provider(s) Settlement Amount Individual Physicians Also Charged?
July 12, 2019 Anesthesia Services P.C. d/b/a University Pain Clinic (Detroit) $44,900 NO
June 14, 2019 HKD Treatment Options, P.C. $87,650 NO
Dec. 21, 2018 Tulsa Pain Consultants, Inc. $98,942 YES
Sept. 6, 2018 Doctor’s Inlet Pediatrics and Primary Care, P.A., and Avenues Pediatrics and Internal Medicine (Florida) $58,370 YES
May 24, 2018 Recovery Pathways, LLC (Michigan) $64,555 NO
April 5, 2018 Affordable Medical Care f/k/a Andalusia Medical Center (Alabama) $40,500 YES
Feb. 28, 2018 The Pain Institute, Inc. d/b/a Space Coast Pain Institute (Florida) $95,302 YES
Dec. 5, 2017 Addiction Medical Care of Norwalk, Practice Management Associates Norwalk, LLC, Addiction Medical Care of Columbus, and Practice Management Associates, LLC (collectively, “AMC”) (Ohio) $79,880 NO
Sept. 27, 2017 Advanced Pain Management (Arizona) $186,210 NO
Sept. 18, 2017 Parallax Center, Inc. (New York) $64,203 NO

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