October 21 and November 18, 2022, including recent enforcement activity, new litigation associated with the Office

Feel Well Health Center, a primary care practice, and its physician owner entered into a civil settlement agreement and

paid $2.6 million to resolve allegations that they violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA) and the state false claims

Programs by submitting false claims for payment for medical visits when, in fact, the patients had received fitness- related services with no legitimate medical component at a gym operated and staffed by a medically unlicensed coach

and yoga instructor. The government also alleged that Feel Well and its owner submitted false claims for services

allegedly rendered by its owner in an office setting when he was not physically present in the office suite, including

when he was out of the country, on vacation or in a different office at the time. In connection with the civil settlement,

Feel Well also entered into a three-year corporate integrity agreement with US Department of Health and Human

An Ohio-based substance-use treatment center owner was sentenced to six years in prison and ordered to pay $1.57

million in restitution to the Ohio Department of Medicaid’s benefits program after pleading guilty to one count of

aggravated theft and one count of Medicaid fraud. Ohio investigators found that the owner had submitted approximately

5,000 claims for services that were not provided, including claims for services purported to be...

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