Health care provider agrees to ban from Medicaid program and $1 million settlement
Civil fraud allegations against a Glen Allen woman and her Richmond-area medical support companies have been settled in a $1 million judgment and a lifetime ban from the Virginia Medicaid Program.
The settlement was approved Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson between Dawn Sykes, 43, and the federal and state governments.
From 2010 to 2017, Sykes owned and operated Open Arms Family Support Services LLC, Open Arms Family Day Treatment Support Services LLC, and Open Arms Mental Health Support Services LLC.
The government alleged “multiple fraud schemes” during that period, including submitting Medicaid claims for reimbursement for services that were not provided, Sykes’ payment of kickbacks to win client referrals and submitting claims for reimbursement for services provided to ineligible recipients.
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