{"id":747397,"date":"2026-04-23T10:02:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/747397\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:02:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:02:41","slug":"appleton-clinic-reaches-382000-settlement-for-false-medicare-claims-unnecessary-treatments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/747397\/","title":{"rendered":"Appleton clinic reaches $382,000 settlement for false Medicare claims, unnecessary treatments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) &#8211; An Appleton medical clinic will pay over $382,000 to settle accusations from the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office that it submitted false claims to Medicare and offered medically unnecessary or unreasonable services to patients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to federal prosecutors, Apple Medical Clinic and Dr. Michael Johnson offered combined treatments to block pain involving electrical stimulation, vitamin injections and other services, such as nerve fiber density testing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Johnson said the treatment was covered by and billable to Medicare and he marketed the device outside of what the FDA approved. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Prosecutors say the combined treatment was \u201cformulated to maximize profit without regard for medical necessity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The settlement includes $207,362.95 retained by the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services and a $175,000 payment based on the clinic and Dr. Johnson\u2019s ability to pay.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WBAY. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) &#8211; An Appleton medical clinic will pay over $382,000 to settle accusations from the U.S.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":747398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[81770,210,1141,1142,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-747397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-care","8":"tag-headshot","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-health-care","11":"tag-healthcare","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116453451671376396","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}