PRIMARY CARE OWNER SETTLES FCA ALLEGATIONS FOR $2.6M -

Feel Well Health Center, a primary care practice, and its physician owner entered into a civil settlement agreement and paid $2.6 million to resolve allegations that they violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA) and the state false claims act by improperly billing Medicare, Connecticut Medicaid and the State of Connecticut Comptroller Healthcare Programs by submitting false claims for payment for medical visits when, in fact, the patients had received fitness- related services with no legitimate medical component at a gym operated and staffed by a medically unlicensed coach and yoga instructor.