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An Appleton clinic and its principal doctor, Dr. Michael Johnson, are facing the music after bilking Medicare for over $380,000. Apple Medical Clinic offered a lucrative treatment package that included electric muscle stimulation, vitamin injections, and other fancy-sounding services – but none of it was medically necessary. In fact, the combined treatments were specifically excluded from Medicare coverage.
But Dr. Johnson didn’t get the message. He marketed the services as covered and billable to Medicare, and even went so far as to become a major distributor of the electric stimulation device in question. The FDA had cleared the device for certain uses, but Dr. Johnson was using it for indications that went far beyond its intended purpose.
The protocols for administering the treatment were designed to maximize profits, not to help patients. And it looks like Medicare – and the taxpayers – were footing the bill. The clinic has agreed to pay $382,362.95 to settle the False Claims Act allegations. That’s a hefty price tag, but it’s a small fraction of the $1.5 million that the manufacturer of the device, RST-Sanexas, Inc., paid out in a related settlement just a few years ago.
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📋 Key Facts
- Crime: White Collar Crime
- Defendant: Wisconsin
- Location: WI
- Source: DOJ Press Release
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