A Tennessee doctor who also practices in Georgia has settled claims that his office knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary therapy.
The United States alleges that between September 2009 and January 2017, Dr. Robert Burkich, M.D. billed Medicare for administering the chelation drug edetate calcium disodium to Medicare beneficiaries who were not suffering from lead poisoning.
The drug is prescribed to people suffering from lead poisoning and lead encephalopathy and is rarely used…