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12/02/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/03/2024 08:39

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

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

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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Action Details

  • Date:December 2, 2024
  • Agency:U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina
  • Enforcement Types:
    • Criminal and Civil Actions

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