BOSTON — A clinical laboratory in Burlington and its Acton owner were recently indicted following allegations of Medicaid fraud involving urine drug tests that led to the submission of more than $400,000 in false claims, according to Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell.
Campbell announced in a press release on Friday that Solid Diagnostics Inc. and owner Rita Ausiejus were indicted by a grand jury in February on two counts each of Medicaid false claims, Medicaid reverse false claims and larceny over $1,200.
Campbell’s office alleges that Solid Diagnostics and Ausiejus submitted claims to MassHealth for urine drug tests that “were not appropriately ordered by physicians or other authorized prescribers.”
The AG added the urine drug tests were also for residential sobriety monitoring purposes. According to the release, laboratories are not allowed to bill MassHealth for tests performed at sober homes for residential monitoring purposes because such tests are not medically necessary.
By billing MassHealth and its managed care entities for these tests, the defendants allegedly caused over $400,000 in false claims.
Solid Diagnostics and Ausiejus are set to be arraigned in Middlesex Superior Court on March 21.
Attempts by The Sun to reach Solid Diagnostics were unsuccessful.
Campbell stated these charges “are the latest development in the work of the AG’s Office to address kickbacks and false claims among Medicaid providers, particularly independent clinical laboratories.”
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