King Of Prussia Company Falsely Billed Their Acupuncture Device: Feds

KING OF PRUSSIA, PA — An acupuncture business based in King of Prussia falsely billed one of their products to Medicare and must pay $600,000 to resolve their liability, the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced.

PA Green Wellness, which also operates out of Harrisburg and Greenville and Lewes, Delaware in addition to King of Prussia, repeatedly made the false claim about their electro-acupuncture device.

The incidents occurred from Sept. 2020 through July 2021.

Specifically at issue was PA Green's percutaneous electrical nerve pulse stimulation device (also known as the “P-Stim Device”).

The device is used for treatment of chronic pain, and is affixed behind a patient's ear with an adhesive. However, they billed to Medicare as a surgically implanted neurostimulator, "contrary to repeated guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services," federal authorities said.

“Along with other U.S. Attorneys around the country, CMS, and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, we have held distributors and providers accountable for inappropriate acupuncture device billing," US Attorney Jaqueline Romero said in a statement.

The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General investigated the case.