- December 24, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Following a whistleblower complaint, the attorney general’s office began investigating Manchseter Pediatric Associates, LLC for fraudulent Meidcaid billing.
MANCHESTER, Conn. — A pediatric medical practice is paying nearly $740,000 in a settlement following Medicaid fraud charges, according to Attorney General William Tong.
Tong’s office made the announcement Thursday morning, saying the settlement with Manchester Pediatric Associates, LLC (MPA) and its owner Dr. Swathanthra Melekote was to resolve the allegations that MPA submitted false and fraudulent Medicaid claims from 2015 to 2021.
“Over the course of more than five years, Manchester Pediatric Associates and its owner Dr. Melekote, knowingly and systematically submitted hundreds of thousands of dollars of false…
