Las Vegas, Nevada Behavioral Health Company Convicted In Medicaid Fraud

Circle Connections: Policy & Regulatory Updates Unity Family Services Inc., in accord with a negotiated settlement, was convicted today for the felony offense of submission of false Medicaid claims for fraud involving submission of billing to Medicaid for various behavioral health services that were never provided to Medicaid recipients. Unity was ordered to repay $800,000 that it had obtained by way of these fraudulent submissions. In addition to ordering Unity to pay restitution and penalties of $800,000, District Court Judge Elissa Cadish also ordered Unity to pay an additional $100,000 in investigation and prosecution costs. This was . . .