Hartford Org To Pay $273K To State Over Medicaid Allegations

HARTFORD, CT — The owners of a behavioral health program have entered into an agreement with the state to pay $273,000 to resolve improper billing allegations, according to a statement from Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

Maurice Stuckey and Joyce Anderson are the owners of Today's Youth, a healthcare organization that provides in-home family therapy and counseling in the greater Hartford area.

Prosecutors claimed that despite clear guidance from Medicaid, Today’s Youth, Stuckey, and Anderson routinely submitted claims for services as if a licensed behavioral health clinician performed the services when an unlicensed provider performed the services.

As a result, Medicaid paid Today’s Youth for behavioral health services that they would not have paid for had they known unlicensed individuals provided the services.

Today’s Youth will pay $273,000 to the federal and state governments for conduct occurring between Jan. 1, 2014 and Sept. 1, 2019.