Overview

• Dr. Aggarwal agreed on August 11 to pay $2,053,515 to settle civil claims that he defrauded Medicare and workers’ compensation programs
• From November 2021 to March 2023 his clinics billed for neurostimulator electrode implant surgeries that were never performed
• Patients allegedly received non-surgical electro-acupuncture involving ear wires and taped stimulators instead of invasive procedures
• The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas led the probe with assistance from HHS-OIG, USPS-OIG, DOL-OIG, OPM-OIG and VA-OIG
• The settlement resolves allegations under the False Claims Act without any admission of liability by Aggarwal