A Milford man who owned a North Haven acupuncture office has been charged with allegedly submitting false claims to the Connecticut Medicaid Health Insurance Program totaling over $120,000.
Julian Cano, 43, was arrested on Monday by inspectors from the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney and charged with one count of health insurance fraud and one count of first-degree larceny by defrauding a public community, according to a statement from the Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice.
Between January 2022 and November 2024, Cano, an acupuncturist who owned of Julian Cano, LLC, was enrolled as a provider for the Connecticut Medicaid Program. According to the arrest warrant affidavit, Cano was allegedly billing for services not provided and submitting billing codes for more expensive services than the ones patients received.
“After speaking to 27 of Cano’s identified 134 Medicaid patients, the inspectors identified fraudulent billings in the amount of $123,087.10, for 24 of the patients interviewed,” the warrant affidavit alleges.
According to the warrant affidavit, the submission of claims to the Department of Social Services that were provided by Cano allegedly contained “false, incomplete, deceptive and/or misleading information which constitutes health insurance fraud.”
Cano is free on a $150,000 non-surety bond and is scheduled to appear in Meriden Superior Court on July 11. The charges are are each classified as a Class B felony and...
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