June 12, 2018

North Carolina announced the sentencing of Dr. Duke Ellington Ellis, who allegedly assisted Nature’s Reflections, a Durham-based behavioral health company, forge the signature of a licensed psychologist in order to submit millions of dollars in false claims to Medicaid. Ellis will face thirteen months in prison and will pay over a million dollars in restitution to the North Carolina Medicaid Program. NC

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