(Hartford, CT) — Attorney General William Tong and acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut Leonard C. Boyle today announced a $310,874 settlement with a Hamden psychiatrist to resolve state and federal False Claims Act allegations.
Alan Siegal, MD is the sole owner of Geriatric and Adult Psychiatry LLC (GAP) located in Hamden, Connecticut. It is alleged that from 2016 to 2021 Siegal employed a former physician named Eric Ressner, who had lost his license to practice medicine in 2006 following a healthcare fraud conviction in Florida.
Because of his conviction, Ressner was prohibited by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General from participating in government healthcare programs. When an individual is excluded from federal health care programs, no program payments may be made for services furnished, ordered or prescribed by that excluded individual or entity. Anyone who hires an individual or entity that is prohibited from participating in government healthcare programs may be subject to civil monetary penalties.
From February 25, 2016 to June 29, 2021 GAP employed Ressner as an administrator and billed and received reimbursement from Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE and RR Retirement for services provided to patients. Some of those funds were used to pay the salary and benefits of Ressner, despite his exclusion from all federal health care programs.
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