Njideka Udochi, MD, who owns Millennium Family Practice in Columbia, Md., used a peri-auricular stimulation — or “P-Stim” — to treat her patients’ pain. P-stim devices, which are externally applied to patients behind their ear, provide electrical acupuncture. However, Medicare does not reimburse for acupuncture devices such as P-Stim.
Dr. Udochi’s settlement agreement resolves allegations she used the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System code for a neurosurgical procedure of an invasive and extensive nature where the device is implanted into the patient to falsely bill Medicare for her use of the P-Stim device from January 2019 to May 2019.
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