Today’s Youth LLC and its owners, Maurice Stuckey and Joyce Anderson, have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments in which they will pay $273,000 to resolve allegations that they caused overpayments to be paid by the Connecticut Medicaid Program. Today’s Youth is a healthcare organization that provides in-home family therapy and counseling in the greater Hartford area. The government’s allegations against Today’s Youth, Stuckey and Anderson arise out of improper billing for behavioral health services. The government alleges that despite clear guidance from the Medicaid program, Today’s Youth, Stuckey and Anderson routinely submitted claims to Medicaid for behavioral health services as if a licensed behavioral health clinician performed the services when, in fact, an unlicensed provider performed the services. As a result, Medicaid paid Today’s Youth for behavioral health services that the US and Connecticut would not have paid for had they known unlicensed individuals provided the services. To resolve its liability, Today’s Youth will pay $273,000 to the federal and state governments for conduct occurring between January 1, 2014 and September 1, 2019.
