Charles Adams, MD, and his practice must pay more than $27 million for violating the False Claims Act, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia.
A jury in June found that Dr. Adams submitted false claims for chelation therapy reimbursements, according to a news release. Medicare reimbursed Dr. Adams for more than $1.1 million for the therapy, which is designed to remove heavy metals from the body.
However, Dr. Adams falsely claimed his patients had heavy metal poisoning in his submissions to Medicare.
The case first came to light when Dr. Adams faced a civil complaint alleging he submitted the false claims between November 2008 and September 2015.