Connecticut laboratory owner settles Medicaid fraud allegations for $145K
Tricia Conroy, owner of Coastal Diagnostics in Connecticut, agrees to pay $145,720 to settle Medicaid enrollment fraud claims after falsely denying her relationship with another provider under investigation.
A medical laboratory owner in Connecticut will pay $145,720 in settlement for Medicaid enrollment fraud claims, according to federal officials and a press release written by Richard Chumney at yahoo news.
Tricia Conroy owns Coastal Diagnostics, LLC in Branford, Connecticut. David X. Sullivan, U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut informed Chumney that Conroy is married to Paul Conroy, owner of Genco Lab, LLC. Both labs share an address.
The Coastal Diagnostics owner, however, claimed on her Connecticut Medicaid program application that she “was not related to a provider currently or recently enrolled in the state's Medical Assistance Program.” Chumney’s article points out that Conroy’s application would’ve been denied if she had shared her relationship due to Paul Conroy being under investigation and payment suspension for fraud.
Upon learning of the laboratory owners’ relations, Medicaid revoked Coastal Diagnostics’ provider agreement. The settlement money Tricia Conroy pays will cover nearly three months of claims.
