Feds file suit against nonprofit that Delaware Online has investigated for years Mike Feeley, Delaware News Journal © Damian Giletto/Delaware News Journal David Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the State of Delaware
For more than 10 years, Delaware Online/The News Journal has been looking into Connections Community Support Programs – a nonprofit that at times boasted more than $100 million in government contracts to care for Delaware s poor, elderly and imprisoned, and those dealing with addiction.
About two years ago, we published an investigation detailing the falsification of treatment records at a taxpayer-funded program run by Connections designed to help drug offenders with addiction and behavioral health issues. That allowed Connections to bill for and collects loads of money for counseling that was never performed.
Connections, officers face drug violations
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The federal government on Friday hit Connections Community Support Programs, a major health care and drug treatment contractor for the state of Delaware, with two separate lawsuits claiming the nonprofit made false claims to receive some $4.5 million in improper payments and failed to adequately document its distribution of narcotics.
The false-claims lawsuit accuses Connections of defrauding the federal government out of more than $4.5 million by submitting false claims to Medicaid and Medicare for reimbursement of mental health services.
Medicare policies allow providers to bill only for services rendered by people with specific qualifications, and Delaware Medicaid policies dictate whether those services can be reimbursed and at which rate.
Feds sue Delaware nonprofit Connections for false claims, inadequate record keeping Xerxes Wilson and Amanda Fries, Delaware News Journal
Headlines April 8, 2021
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The federal government on Friday hit Connections Community Support Programs, a major health care and drug treatment contractor for the state of Delaware, with two separate lawsuits claiming the nonprofit made false claims to receive some $4.5 million in improper payments and failed to adequately document its distribution of narcotics.
The false-claims lawsuit accuses Connections of defrauding the federal government out of more than $4.5 million by submitting false claims to Medicaid and Medicare for reimbursement of mental health services.