On Thursday, Oct. 1, Abbas Mohammadi, the owner of Columbia Dental, P.C., Maxillofacial Imaging in Manchester, and Columbia Oral, agreed to pay $300,000 to resolve allegations that the companies violated the federal and state False Claims Act, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Connecticut said. Mohammadi has about 15 dental offices across Connecticut.
Mohammadi was accused of billing Medicaid for services that were either not provided, medically unnecessary, or performed by someone who was not certified to do that work, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Source: Dental Office Whistleblower Gets $45,000 In Settlement Over Alleged Fraud / Daily Voice