Mental health treatment company must repay N.J. $1.1M for hiring unlicensed and unvetted workers

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The report by the state Comptroller also criticized the state for not checking if employees had background checks.

The audit revealed that John Gore, himself a licensed drug and alcohol counselor, also billed for unsubstantiated services, kept sloppy records and failed to ensure that his contracted employees had valid drivers’ licenses.

But the state Department of Human Services, which operates the Medicaid program that serves more than 2 million low-income people, bears some responsibility for the company’s conduct by not verifying whether the company’s counselors were meeting the licensing requirements, the report said. Get politics news like this right to your inbox with the N.J. Politics newsletter. Add your email below and hit"subscribe"If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.

 

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A CC contract. It is disgusting how both the R & D's waste our tax $ with minimal accountability.

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