Lumberton-based Behavioral Health Provider Agrees

NC 2026 Behavioral Health

OIG Medicaid Fraud

Penalty

$2.5 million

Outcome

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Lumberton-based Behavioral Health Provider Agrees — $2,505,000 Settlement

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RALEIGH, N.C. – United States Attorney Michael F. Easley, Jr. announced today that Southeastern Behavioral Healthcare Services, LLC (“Southeastern”), a behavioral health business in Lumberton and Maxton, and its owners Bertha Hutchinson and Virgil Hutchinson (“the Hutchinsons”), have agreed to pay $2,505,000.00 to settle civil allegations that they falsely billed North Carolina Medicaid for services that were not rendered.

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Source: Lumberton-based Behavioral Health Provider Agrees to Pay over $2.5 Million to Settle Medicaid Fraud Allegations

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