Attorney General John M. Formella announces that Michael A. Maggiacomo (age 50) and Tina M. Allen (age 46) both of Newburyport, Massachusetts, have been indicted by the New Hampshire Multicounty Grand Jury and each charged with two class B felony counts of Medicaid Fraud, in violation of RSA 167:61-a, and two class A felony counts of Theft by Deception, in violation of RSA 637:4. Mr. Maggiacomo was also charged with one class B felony count of Presenting False Records, in violation of RSA 167:61-a, for submitting falsified documents in response to an audit, and Ms. Allen was charged with two class B felony counts of Presenting False Records, in violation of RSA 167:61-a, for submitting falsified documents in response to an audit. Mr. Maggiacomo was the owner of Alerion Home Care and Wellness Solutions, a home healthcare company. The charges allege that he and Ms. Allen, an Alerion employee, submitted claims for payment to New Hampshire Medicaid for home nursing services that were not actually rendered because the patients were not residing at home. The charges further allege that when the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services’ Program Integrity Unit audited Alerion, Ms. Allen and Mr. Maggiacomo presented falsified nursing notes to support Alerion’s false Medicaid claims.
