The sober living scheme ravaged the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System for an estimated $2.5 billion in fraud, costing taxpayers.The scandal took off at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as suspects fraudulently billed for services rarely provided to vulnerable people needing addiction treatment.One man whose company made nearly $21 million was sentenced for his role in the scam. That man is 30-year-old Johnwick Nathan.
Court records say Nathan listed only two diagnoses he billed for: "Alcohol dependence" nearly 90 times and "major depressive disorder" more than 7,000 times.Nathan rarely billed the state’s Medicaid agency for less than 12 hours per day, for weeks and months on end.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE COVERAGE ON THE SOBER LIVING SCHEME IN ARIZONAAll of his patients were Native American and the former CEO of Harbor Health told special agents that Nathan’s motivation was "the money.
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