Maine Mental Health Services Provider

ME 2018 Behavioral Health
OIG Excluded Individual
Penalty
$61,461

Outcome

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Details

Maine Mental Health Services Provider — $61,461 Settlement

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On November 27, 2018, Spurwink Services (Spurwink), Portland, Maine, entered into a $61,461.00 settlement agreement with OIG. The settlement agreement resolves allegations that Spurwink employed an individual who was excluded from participating in MaineCare, Maine's Medicaid program. OIG's investigation revealed that the excluded individual, a residential treatment specialist, provided items or services to Spurwink's patients that were billed to MaineCare.

HHS Office of Inspector General

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Source: Maine Mental Health Services Provider Settles Case Involving Excluded Individual

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