Case Update: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility Owner Pleads Guilty

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Case Update: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility Owner Pleads Guilty — Criminal

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HARRISBURG, Pa.—Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Southwest Nu-Stop Philadelphia Inc. (Southwest), a Philadelphia-based drug and alcohol treatment facility, and its owner Dr. Lloyd Reid pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud for paying illegal kickbacks to recovery homes in Philadelphia.

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HHS Office of Inspector General

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Source: Case Update: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility Owner Pleads Guilty To Paying Illegal Kickbacks To Philadelphia Recovery Homes

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