The United States and the State of Rhode Island announced Monday that they have intervened in a civil lawsuit against Journey to Hope, Health, and Healing, Inc. and its then-CEO, Kenneth L. Richardson, Jr., filing a complaint alleging that these defendants billed the Rhode Island Medicaid program for millions of dollars for substance use disorder treatment services that the Defendants knowingly and routinely failed to provide to their patients who needed these services.
The state and federal lawsuit goes on to allege Richardson and the company subsequently falsified records in order to make it appear that required services were being provided, according to United States Attorney Zachary Cunha and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha.
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The complaint under the federal and Rhode Island state False Claims Acts and unsealed by a federal judge late Monday lays out the governments’ allegations that Journey, despite holding itself out as a certified and accredited opioid treatment provider, routinely failed to provide treatment plans and adequate counseling for patients for whom they were providing methadone, while at the same time collecting over $15 million from the federal-and-state-administered Medicaid program during the period between January 2015 and July 2021.
The complaint further alleges that in preparation for upcoming reviews by accreditation officials and other auditors,...
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