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State Farm Fights Back Against Spinal Device ‘Scheme’

State Farm could get a multimillion-dollar settlement from an orthopedic surgery center and its employees for their role in an alleged scheme involving a device called the SpineWand. The insurer says the $35,000 procedure was ordered for nearly every accident victim that one doctor saw, the Palm Beach Post reports. 

Originally founded in December 2006 as an independent grassroots publication dedicated to coverage of health issues in Florida, Health News Florida was acquired by WUSF Public Media in September 2012.