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Home Help Provider Charged with Medicaid FraudContact: Lynsey Mukomel 517-599-2746Agency: Attorney General
May 4, 2021
LANSING - Attorney General Dana Nessel announced today that she has charged Khadisha L. Saunders-Davenport, 43, with one count of Medicaid Fraud-False Claim.
The charge carries a maximum penalty of four years in prison and/or a $50,000 fine.
Saunders-Davenport is the owner of Synergy Home Services, a company enrolled with the State of Michigan as a home help provider. While employing caregivers, Saunders-Davenport also personally provided care for certain Medicaid beneficiaries.
It is alleged Saunders-Davenport submitted false claims to Medicaid for home help care never actually provided and also during periods when beneficiaries were hospitalized and not receiving home help services at all.
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LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced today that Michigan will receive more than $4 million in a settlement agreement involving Indivior PLC and Indivior Inc. (Indivior).
This settlement covers six federal lawsuits and involves Indivior’s product Suboxone, a buprenorphine drug that was approved for use by recovering opioid addicts to avoid or reduce withdrawal symptoms while they undergo treatment.
Allegations detailed in lawsuits assert that, from 2010 through 2015, Indivior: promoted the sale and use of the drug to physicians who were writing prescriptions without having a medical purpose; knowingly promoted Suboxone Sublingual Film based on false and misleading claims that it was less subject to diversion and abuse than other buprenorphine products and less susceptible to accidental pediatric exposure than Suboxone Sublingual Tablets; and
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AG Nessel Announces $300 Million Multistate Settlement with Suboxone MakerContact: Lynsey Mukomel 517-599-2746Agency: Attorney General
April 29, 2021
LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced today that Michigan will receive more than $4 million in a settlement agreement involving Indivior PLC and Indivior Inc. (Indivior).
This settlement covers six federal lawsuits and involves Indivior s product Suboxone, a buprenorphine drug that was approved for use by recovering opioid addicts to avoid or reduce withdrawal symptoms while they undergo treatment.
Allegations detailed in lawsuits assert that, from 2010 through 2015, Indivior:
promoted the sale and use of the drug to physicians who were writing prescriptions without having a medical purpose;
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A program that state Attorney General Dana Nessel rolled out Monday has the potential to offer protection to some of society’s most vulnerable citizens.
The Sentinel Project will use specially trained staff to examine long-term care facilities for evidence of abuse or neglect through unannounced visits, which will be determined by performance metrics, complaints and other data.
These discrete but comprehensive site investigations will determine if additional action is necessary to ensure loved ones are given the best possible care in such facilities.
“This team from my Health Care Fraud Division has been established to further protect Michigan’s vulnerable and elderly population,” Nessel said in a news release. “We are dedicated to detecting and addressing any neglect or abuse of loved ones residing in long-term care facilities. Instances of substandard care must be eliminated and The Sentinel Project will help accomplish that goal.”