DEDHAM — A Quincy woman who owns a substance use treatment center was arraigned on additional charges in connection with a fraudulent scheme to bill public and private insurance for behavioral health services that were never provided to patients.

Nicole Kasimatis, age 47, was arraigned on Tuesday in Norfolk Superior Court on one count each of the charges of Larceny over $1200 and Filing a False Health Care Claim. Judge Beverly Cannone set bail at $25,000 with the conditions of home confinement with GPS monitoring, no travel, no contact with witnesses, and restricting Kasimatis from billing public or private health insurance or providing services that could be reimbursed by public or private health insurance. A Norfolk County Grand Jury indicted Kasimatis on the charges last month.

These additional charges are the result of an investigation by AG Healey’s Medicaid Fraud Division into Kasimatis’ billing practices following a referral from the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) and the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office. The new charges allege that, between January 2019 and February 2021, Kasimatis, as owner and operator of Fortitude Counseling, engaged in widespread fraud by billing Medicare for services that were not performed. Kasimatis billed Medicare approximately $151,000 for these allegedly fraudulent services and was paid approximately $44,000 for these false claims.

This arraignment follows six charges brought against Kasimatis last November, when she was indicted and...

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