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Medicaid Fraud: CT Health Practice Charged For Services Provided By Unlicensed People, Feds Say Medicaid Fraud: CT Health Practice Charged For Services Provided By Unlicensed People, Feds Say
Medicaid Fraud: CT Health Practice Charged For Services Provided By Unlicensed People, Feds Say A Connecticut behavioral health practice based in New Haven County defrauded the state's Medicaid program by knowingly billing it for services performed by unlicensed individuals, officials said.  Hamden-based practice K-Assist, owned by Kelly Stutzman, entered into a more than $234,000 civil settlement agreement with both the federal and Connecticut state government to resolve allegations that the practice violated federal and state False Claims Acts, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced on Tuesday, April 18.  According to federal officials…

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by Ben Crnic
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Dental Office Whistleblower Gets $45,000 In Settlement Over Alleged Fraud Dental Office Whistleblower Gets $45,000 In Settlement Over Alleged Fraud
Dental Office Whistleblower Gets $45,000 In Settlement Over Alleged Fraud A whistleblower is getting $45,000 for tipping the government off to her employer’s alleged misdeeds. On Thursday, Oct. 1, Abbas Mohammadi, the owner of Columbia Dental, P.C., Maxillofacial Imaging in Manchester, and Columbia Oral, agreed to pay $300,000 to resolve allegations that the companies violated the federal and state False Claims Act, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Connecticut said. Mohammadi has about 15 dental offices across Connecticut. Mohammadi was accused of billing Medicaid for services that were either not provided, medically unnecessary, or performed by someone who was n…

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by Kristin Palpini