The Pain Center of Virginia, PLLC d/b/a the Pain Center of West Virginia (“The Pain Center of West Virginia”), a clinic located in Martinsburg, West Virginia, has agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting or causing the submission of false claims to Medicare for the use of amniotic fluid injections for pain management. The Pain Center of West Virginia submitted claims to Medicare for treatment related to various orthopedic conditions and the pain associated with those conditions. The United States alleged that at the time it submitted these claims, The Pain Center of West Virginia knew that Medicare did not cover the use of amniotic fluid injections for pain management. Under the settlement, in addition to paying the United States $750,000, The Pain Center of West Virginia will enter into a three-year Integrity Agreement with the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General.
