The owners and operators of a Warwick-based pain management clinic have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of health care fraud, accused of defrauding government and private insurers out of millions of dollars. Acting U.S. Attorney Sara Miron Bloom announced the indictment, which targets Brandon Nowak, 32, and Jason Simmons, 33, both from Foster, Rhode Island. The two men are officers and operators of Alternative Integrative Medicine, LLC, doing business as Aim Health.
Nowak and Simmons face a federal charge of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, along with fourteen counts of health care fraud. The indictment alleges that between October 2020 and the present, the duo intentionally submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and four private insurance companies, seeking reimbursement for services that were never provided to patients.
According to the indictment, Nowak and Simmons misrepresented services rendered, including billing insurers for purportedly “medically necessary” treatments such as acupuncture, physical therapy, and evaluation and management office visits—none of which patients actually received. Additionally, the clinic allegedly misled patients into believing that massage therapy was covered by their insurance, despite it not being a covered service. In order to secure payments for these non-covered services, the defendants are accused of fraudulently submitting claims for other treatments like infrared therapy, hot and cold therapy, therapeutic activity, and self-care/home management training, none of which were provided to the patients.
The defendants are scheduled to be arraigned in U.S. District Court on April 11, 2025. As is customary with federal indictments, the charges are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Dulce Donovan, with support from Assistant U.S. Attorney John P. McAdams. The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Defense Criminal Investigative Service, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General.
If convicted, Nowak and Simmons could face significant penalties, including prison time and fines, for their role in the alleged health care fraud scheme.
