Repeat Offender Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud Scheme In New Hampshire

CONCORD – A Florida man pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud for causing psychotherapy sessions to be fraudulently billed to New Hampshire Medicaid. According to court documents, Erik X. Alonso, 55, of Miami, Florida, was previously convicted in 2015 of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and related offenses in the Southern District of Florida. The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), maintained an Exclusion List that identified individuals who could not receive payment from federal health care programs, including Medicaid. As a result of his conviction, Alonso, a psychotherapist, was placed on the Exclusion List.

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