Sola, Inc., a former operator of adult residential group homes in Gloucester, Virginia, has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve civil fraud allegations related to its Medicaid billing practices. The settlement addresses claims that Sola billed Virginia Medicaid for nursing services that exceeded the total number of hours actually worked by its nurses.
Authorities allege that Sola overbilled Medicaid by $641,396.11 for nursing services that could not have been performed because the time billed was greater than the hours recorded on nurses’ timesheets. These bills were submitted as “units” to the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services.
The case was investigated through a joint effort by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia and the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit within the Virginia Attorney General’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert McIntosh and Virginia Senior Assistant Attorney General Megan A. Winfield led the investigation.
Officials emphasized that “the civil claims settled are allegations only; there has been no determination of civil liability.”
