Maine Mental Health Service Provider

ME 2019 Behavioral Health
OIG Excluded Individual
Penalty
$17,750

Outcome

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Details

Maine Mental Health Service Provider — $17,750 Settlement

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On April 4, 2019, Aroostook Mental Health Services, Inc. (AMHS), Caribou, Maine, entered into a $17,750.12 settlement agreement with OIG. The settlement agreement resolves allegations that AMHS employed an individual who was excluded from participating in MaineCare, Maine's Medicaid program. OIG's investigation revealed that the excluded individual, a counselor, provided items or services to AMHS's patients that were billed to MaineCare.

HHS Office of Inspector General

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

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