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Addiction Treatment Center Supervisor Sentenced in Scheme to Defraud Federal, State, and Private Health Care Insurers

Insurers were billed for more full client sessions than could be provided in a 24-hour day

PROVIDENCE, RI – A clinical social worker nicknamed by her co-workers as the “Five Minute Queen” who, at times, substituted a one or two sentence conversation for a billed 45-minute therapy session for her addicted patients has been sentenced to three years of supervised release, the first three months to be served in home detention with electronic monitoring, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

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Action Details

  • Date:March 5, 2025
  • Agency:U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Rhode Island
  • Enforcement Types:
    • Criminal and Civil Actions