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ARC to pay $16.2M in Medicaid billing case — a nearly $11.5M reduction
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN ASHLAND — Addiction Recovery Care and two affiliated health care companies have agreed to a $16.2 million civil judgment to resolve federal allegations that they improperly billed Kentucky Medicaid for behavioral health and medical services over a period spanning nearly seven years. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District…
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ARC settles federal civil claims, reaches deal in tax-credit dispute
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN ASHLAND — Addiction Recovery Care announced Thursday that it had settled U.S. Department of Justice civil claims involving historical Medicaid billing practices and agreed to a proposed $3.94 million judgment in a separate dispute over Employee Retention Credit proceeds. The company did not disclose how much it agreed to pay…
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Chapmanville man accused of sniper role in White House attack plot
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN COLUMBUS, Ohio — A 21-year-old Logan County man was arrested in West Virginia this week after federal investigators accused him of agreeing to serve as a sniper in a sweeping plot to kill President Donald Trump and other prominent figures during a UFC event at the White House. Chandler Dylan…
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Kentucky woman sentenced to two years for forgery of federal judge’s signature
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Kentucky woman was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for forging a federal judge’s signature. Sunshine Ann Miller, 44, of Whitley City, was sentenced by Judge Katheryn A. Crytzer in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville. Miller agreed to plead guilty to forging…
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Former Eastern Kentucky Correctional supervisors plead guilty to role in assault of restrained inmate, cover-up
WEST LIBERTY — Two former Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex supervisors pleaded guilty to roles in the assault of a restrained inmate and the cover-up. According to a U.S. Department of Justice press release, James Benish and Randy Nickell acknowledged that on July 24, 2018, they witnessed fellow EKCC officers assault a non-violent inmate who was…
