Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources

MS 2026 Behavioral Health
OIG Excluded Individual
Penalty
$43,000

Outcome

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Details

Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources — $43,000 Fine

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After it self-disclosed conduct to OIG, Region XII Commission on Mental Health and Retardation d/b/a Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources (Pine Belt), Mississippi, agreed to pay $43,030.09 for allegedly violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law. OIG alleged that Pine Belt employed two individuals that it knew or should have known were excluded from participation in Federal health care programs.

HHS Office of Inspector General

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Source: Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources Agreed to Pay $43,000 for Allegedly Violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law by Employing Excluded Individuals

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