Following a whistleblower complaint, the attorney general's office began investigating Manchseter Pediatric Associates, LLC for fraudulent Meidcaid billing.
MANCHESTER, Conn. — A pediatric medical practice is paying nearly $740,000 in a settlement following Medicaid fraud charges, according to Attorney General William Tong.
Tong's office made the announcement Thursday morning, saying the settlement with Manchester Pediatric Associates, LLC (MPA) and its owner Dr. Swathanthra Melekote was to resolve the allegations that MPA submitted false and fraudulent Medicaid claims from 2015 to 2021.
“Over the course of more than five years, Manchester Pediatric Associates and its owner Dr. Melekote, knowingly and systematically submitted hundreds of thousands of dollars of false claims to the Medicaid program for services he did not perform to maximize his own profit. These false claims and fraudulent double billing practices misused Connecticut Medicaid resources intended for the medical care of our state’s most vulnerable residents,” Attorney General Tong said. “The Office of the Attorney General takes seriously our responsibility to safeguard our public healthcare programs and is prepared to take strong action against anyone who violates that public trust.”
Manchester Pediatric Associates serves approximately 5,700 pediatric Medicaid patients in South Windsor, Torrington, and Tolland, according to Tong.
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