Optum is asking a Baltimore court to throw out Maryland’s $380 million fraud lawsuit over a failed Medicaid behavioral health claims system, calling the state’s allegations “a story that it knows is untrue.” In its Oct. 19 motion to dismiss,…
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Negril, a mental health and disability care company, and its owners agreed to a $1,817,910.60 civil settlement over allegations of improperly billing Virginia Medicaid for mental health services. Federal officials alleged that Negril submitted claims for mental health skill-building services…
A former Tennessee mental health counseling center owner was sentenced Oct. 13 to three years of probation and ordered to pay $1,048,840 in restitution for failing to pay employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department said. Mari…
The National Labor Relations Board has issued a consolidated complaint against Rogers Memorial Hospital, which operates as Rogers Behavioral Health, alleging the behavioral health provider unlawfully fired six employees for union-related activities and interfered with workers’ labor rights. The Oct.…
California has committed billions of dollars to building new behavioral health treatment capacity, but some substance use disorder projects are stalling at city council meetings before they can open. Robb Layne, executive director of the California Association of Alcohol and…
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A federal judge allowed portions of a putative class action lawsuit against Blue Shield of California and Magellan, the insurer’s contracted mental health services administrator, to move forward over allegations that they published an inaccurate directory of mental health providers,…
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes sued Botanic Tonics in what her office called a first-in-the-nation consumer protection lawsuit, alleging its marketing of 2-ounce kratom shots violated the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act. The state alleges the company marketed the shots as…
Behavioral health providers have reported a string of data breaches in recent months, ranging from a Texas breach affecting more than a quarter-million patients to smaller incidents tied to insider access and compromised email accounts. Together, the reports reflect two…
Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare issued notice of a proposed settlement to resolve shareholder derivative litigation brought on behalf of the company. The actions were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee and the Delaware Court…
TikTok agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million to settle claims that it designed its platform with addictive features, knowingly exposed young users to serious mental harms and intentionally misled the public about the safety of its platforms, Attorney…