Memphis orthopedic business to pay more than $540,000 to resolve TennCare billing claims
TennCare alleges Tri-State Orthopaedics violated the Medicaid False Claims Act. (Ian Round/The Daily Memphian file)
Tri-State Orthopaedics has agreed to pay Tennessee to resolve claims it improperly billed TennCare for the use of compounded steroids at its practices.
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Tri-State Orthopaedics orthopedics State of Tennessee Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan SkrmettiAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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