Geriatric & Adult Psychiatry, LLC, (“GAP”) and its owner, Alan Siegal, M.D., have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments to resolve allegations that they improperly employed an individual who was excluded from all federal healthcare programs. GAP is a medical practice located in Hamden. To resolve their liability under the federal and state False Claims Acts, GAP and Siegal will pay $310,874. In 2006, Eric Ressner, a physician, was convicted in the Southern District of Florida of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. As a result of his conviction, he was excluded from all federal healthcare programs. In February 2016, GAP and Siegal hired Ressner to be the clinical director at GAP. Ressner served in that position until June 2021. During that time, GAP and Siegal billed and sought reimbursements from federal healthcare programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and the Railroad Retirement Medicare Program. A portion of the reimbursements that GAP and Siegal received were used to pay Ressner’s salary and benefits.
