Columbus Pain Clinic and Owner

OH 2026 Behavioral Health

OIG False Claims

Penalty

$650,000

Outcome

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Details

Columbus Pain Clinic and Owner — $650,000 Settlement

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Comprehensive Pain Management Institute and its owner, Leon Margolin, M.D., have agreed to pay the United States $650,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they knowingly billed Medicare for nerve conduction studies and alcohol/substance abuse assessments and interventions (SBIRT) that were medically unnecessary or not provided as billed, the Justice Department announced today. Margolin is a pain management physician in Columbus, Ohio.

HHS Office of Inspector General

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Source: Columbus Pain Clinic and Owner Agree to Pay $650,000 to Resolve Allegations of Unnecessary Procedures

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