Recent federal enforcement actions show one clear trend: behavioral health agencies are now among the most heavily scrutinized entities in U.S. healthcare fraud investigations.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published its Semiannual Report to Congress, highlighting a wave of enforcement actions totaling more than $5.5 billion in monetary impact. Psychotherapy services, applied behavioral analysis billing, and antipsychotic prescribing practices were all notable mentions. This report only covers October 2025 through April 2026, meaning it doesn’t even include the fallout from the June 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, which brought another round of behavioral health‑related allegations and indictments.

The federal government has made fraud a clear priority, and behavioral health agencies are not immune to the scrutiny. Some examples of recent actions include:

• A behavioral health company in New York paying $300,000 to resolve False Claims Act (FCA) allegations related to telehealth billing. The allegations included billing for no-show appointments and billing telehealth services for patient messaging responses without documentation to support an actual service rendered.
• A qualified mental health provider in Virginia being charged with making false statements related to healthcare matters in connection with fraudulent billing of mental health services. Documentation of services was found...

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