Oaktree has denied all wrongdoing in federal court filings. The federal lawsuit, which is focused on clinics in South Carolina, does not specifically allege any fraud took place at Advanced Spine and Pain. Attorney’s Office in South Carolina has also confirmed an ongoing criminal investigation into Oaktree Medical. Without those records, patients are unlikely to convince other pain clinics to take them on as new patients. In the weeks since the closures, former employees say they haven't received their final paycheck and some former patients have been unable to access their medical records. This is at least the third time Tennessee pain clinics have shut down while under federal investigation for fraud in the past two years.Īdvanced Spine and Pain in Crossville and Coffey Family Medical Clinic in Oneida closed over a span of a few days in mid-August, according to patients and employees. Two East Tennessee pain clinics abruptly closed their doors last month after federal prosecutors accused their managing company of defrauding taxpayers by subjecting patients to unnecessary injections, drug tests and opioid prescriptions. Both clinics were managed by Oaktree Medical Centre, which has been accused of fraud.Ĭorrection: A prior version of this story incorrectly described the business relationship between Oaktree Medical Centre and two Tennessee pain clinics.Ex-patients can't get their medical records and ex-employees haven't been paid.
Two pain clinics, Advanced Spine and Pain and Coffee Family Medical, have closed.
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