Friday, May 21, 2010
Charleston Woman Sentenced In Idaho
WEST VIRGINIA....
This week, a federal judge in Idaho sentenced 36 year old Vanessa Cattanea of Charleston to 20 months in prison and ordered her to pay more than $1 million in restitution to Medicaid after she was convicted in December on 76 of 84 counts of health care fraud. Investigators say, while Cattanela served as treatment director at Teton Family Services, which operated three clinics in eastern Idaho, she fraudulently billed Medicaid for services not covered by the program. They say she knowingly billed Medicaid for services provided by unlicensed staff away from the clinic, including trips to Yellowstone National Park and Salt Lake City. Her co-defendant in the case, 49 year old Ronald Bret Hamilton, of Pocatello, the owner of Teton, died in March.
This week, a federal judge in Idaho sentenced 36 year old Vanessa Cattanea of Charleston to 20 months in prison and ordered her to pay more than $1 million in restitution to Medicaid after she was convicted in December on 76 of 84 counts of health care fraud. Investigators say, while Cattanela served as treatment director at Teton Family Services, which operated three clinics in eastern Idaho, she fraudulently billed Medicaid for services not covered by the program. They say she knowingly billed Medicaid for services provided by unlicensed staff away from the clinic, including trips to Yellowstone National Park and Salt Lake City. Her co-defendant in the case, 49 year old Ronald Bret Hamilton, of Pocatello, the owner of Teton, died in March.
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