The founder and owner of Louisa, Ky.-based Addiction Recovery Care was indicted on one count of wire fraud and two counts of money laundering after allegedly selling the same Employee Retention Credit assets to multiple buyers and obtaining millions of…
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Four people have been charged in federal court in Ohio in what authorities described as a $30 million fraud conspiracy involving billing for children’s behavioral health services that were not provided. According to a June 4 Justice Department news release,…
Massachusetts has filed a lawsuit against UnitedHealthcare, accusing the insurer of retaining more than $100 million in fraudulent Medicaid payments. The May 29 complaint, filed in a state court, focuses on UnitedHealthcare’s role as a contractor for “Senior Care Options,” a state…
Tampa, Fla.-based Oglethorpe — an operator of psychiatric hospitals — and three of its executives agreed to pay $32 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by failing to return Medicare overpayments tied to psychiatric admissions at…
The Justice Department charged two individuals in connection with an approximately $46.6 million scheme to defraud Minnesota’s Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention program, marking what the department said was the largest Medicaid autism fraud case ever charged. Shamso Ahmed…
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Pittsburgh-based Southwood Psychiatric Hospital is facing multiple lawsuits claiming sexual and physical abuse of minor patients at its psychiatric facility, according to documents filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. The hospital is part of Franklin, Tenn.-based…
Quincy, Mass.-based Nova Psychiatric Services, Philadelphia-based Patriot Eldercare and psychiatrist Alexandra Accardi, MD, agreed to pay $1.4 million to resolve allegations they fraudulently billed Medicare, Medicaid and the Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission for psychotherapy and medication management services that were…
Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia disclosed that one of its indirect subsidiaries was ordered to pay $105 million in damages in an employment-related lawsuit, according to a May 18 Securities and Exchange Commission filing. San Diego Health Alliance, doing business as Fashion…
Federal prosecutors arraigned Danish researcher Poul Thorsen on wire fraud and money laundering charges tied to the alleged theft of CDC grant money for autism research after his extradition from Germany. Here are three things to know:
New Hampshire will receive nearly $30 million as part of a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family that has become legally effective. The settlement resolves litigation against Purdue and the Sacklers over their role in producing…