The government alleged that Aurora-based Mile High Psychiatry, which provides telepsychiatry services throughout Colorado, submitted inflated bills from 2017 to 2021 on thousands of patient visits, according to a Sept. 11 Justice Department news release.
The allegations were brought to the government’s attention by a whistleblower, who will receive $325,000 from the settlement.
Mile High Psychiatry does not admit to any liability, the release said.
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