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August 24, 2015

Posted  August 24, 2015

The New York Attorney General announced settlement agreements with five defendants in a False Claims Act case that will return more than $8 million to the Medicaid and Medicare programs. The agreements resolve claims that SpecialCare Hospital Management Corporation defrauded Medicaid and Medicare by illegally referring patients to unlicensed drug and alcohol treatment programs in exchange for kickbacks. Investigation of the defendants began after whistleblowers Mathew I. Gelfand, M.D. and Enrico Montaperto filed complaints under New York’s False Claims Act. NY

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