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Jeannie Pasacreta, age 66, of Newtown, pleaded guilty Wednesday, March 29, to one count of health insurance fraud. In addition, she was ordered to pay $79,418.77 in restitution.
An investigation by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney determined that over a two-year period beginning in 2016, Pasacreta, through her firm Mental Health Services, billed Medicaid for hundreds of claims for services that were never rendered.
Based on patient schedules, Medicaid payment histories, and 15 patients’ recollections, among other information, the investigation concluded that the defendant fraudulently billed the Medicaid program and received $79,418.77 in payments that she was not entitled to receive, said the state Division of Criminal Justice.
Pasacreta, a Yale graduate, was sentenced to unconditional release as, per the plea agreement, she paid the agreed-upon restitution.
Anyone with knowledge of suspected fraud or abuse in the public healthcare system is asked to contact the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit at the Chief State’s Attorney’s Office at 860-258-5986.
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