Leaders of a chain of addiction treatment centers in Rhode Island and Massachusetts conspired to defraud patients and insurance companies by cycling people through short treatment sessions but billing for longer ones, federal prosecutors alleged Thursday.
Leaders of a chain of addiction treatment centers in Rhode Island and Massachusetts conspired to defraud patients and insurance companies by cycling people through treatment sessions as short as five minutes but billing for longer ones, federal prosecutors alleged Thursday.
The CEO of Recovery Connection was arrested Thursday morning at his home in Newton, Massachusetts and its supervising counselor, dubbed"the five minute queen," was arrested at her home in Warwick, Rhode Island, according to Zachary Cunha, the U.S. attorney for the District of Rhode Island. They are accused of orchestrating the addiction therapy fraud scheme.
"It cheated a vulnerable population of recovery patients out of the full and genuine support and treatment that they needed," Cunha said at a news conference. Recovery Connection has about 1,700 patients, slightly more than half in Rhode Island, Cunha said. Federal resources were being brought in to connect the patients with treatment through a rapid response program.
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