AG Healey Sues National Addiction Treatment Center Chain for Ordering Medically Unnecessary Drug Tests and Violating Sel

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BOSTON - Attorney General Maura Healey announced today that her office has sued a national addiction treatment center chain for submitting millions of dollars in false claims to the state's Medicaid program, known as MassHealth, for urine drug tests that were medically unnecessary and violated federal and state self-referral laws because they were performed at the company's own laboratory.

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