Comprehensive Pain Specialists, its four majority owners and a former company executive have agreed to pay more than $4.1 million to settle civil claims brought by the state and federal government that the company defrauded Medicare and TennCare $25 million through an allegedly frivolous lab testing scheme.
The U.S. Attorneyâs Office for the Middle District of Tennessee originally soughtÂ
$50 million in damages from the company and co-owners Peter Kroll, Gilberto Carrero, Richard Muench and former state senator Steve Dickerson, alongside former executives John Davis and Russell Smith. Individual claims brought against Carrero and Dickerson were all dropped and Kroll, Smith, Muench and the company have since negotiated settlements.