Rutledge Announces a Guilty Plea by the CEO and Owner of New Beginnings Behavioral Health Services: Says

AR 2018 Behavioral Health

OIG Obstruction

Penalty

$5.3 million

Outcome

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Rutledge Announces a Guilty Plea by the CEO and Owner of New Beginnings Behavioral Health Services: Says — $5,300,000 Criminal

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LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today announced Chirie Bazzelle pleaded guilty to obstructing governmental operations. Bazzelle is the owner and CEO at New Beginnings Behavioral Health Services (New Beginnings). In 2018 alone, New Beginnings billed the Medicaid program over $5.3 million. As a result of this investigation and Bazzelle's arrest New Beginnings is no longer a Medicaid provider.

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Source: Rutledge Announces a Guilty Plea by the CEO and Owner of New Beginnings Behavioral Health Services: Says, 'This culture of corruption has run rampant through our Medicaid system and it must be stopped

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