The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed it has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with a Kentucky-based drug treatment provider to resolve allegations the company defrauded the state’s Medicaid program.
Addiction Recovery Care announced July 16 it had agreed to settle with the DOJ over claims of Medicaid fraud. However, at that time, neither the DOJ nor United States Attorney’s Office would confirm the settlement.
In a Monday press release, the DOJ said this settlement “resolved allegations” that ARC violated the False Claims Act, a federal statute that prohibits the submission of false claims for payment to government programs, including the Medicaid program.
ARC agreed to pay more than $16.2 million to settle the claims, according to the DOJ.
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The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed it has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with a Kentucky-based drug treatment provider to resolve allegations the company defrauded the state’s Medic...