Westminster company criminally charged in $19M scheme
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Attorney General Maura Healey has brought charges in an alleged $19 million Medicaid scheme.
Westminster-based Rite Way LLC, its owner, and three managers have been indicted in connection with an alleged scheme involving $19 million in false claims billed to the state’s Medicaid program (MassHealth), Attorney General Maura Healey announced Wednesday.
The AG’s office alleges that between April 2011 and September 2015, the company fraudulently and repeatedly billed MassHealth for transportation services that were never provided, including claims for individuals who were hospitalized or were deceased on the claimed dates of service.
“We allege that in order to rack up millions of dollars in payments from the state, this company orchestrated a massive false billing scheme for transportation services that they never provided or were not necessary,” AG Healey said in a statement.
Until September 2015 when it ceased operations, Rite Way was a fee-for-service transportation company that provided MassHealth members with non-emergency transportation, according to the AG’s office. The company was headquartered in Westminster and provided transportation services throughout the state with offices located in Worcester, Barnstable, Norfolk, and Hampden counties.
Rite Way, its owner Michael Davini, and former managers Gary Carbonello, Dwayne Pelkey and Lynn Maguire were indicted last week by a Statewide Grand Jury on the following charges:
Rite Way
- Larceny Over $250 (2 counts)
- Medicaid False Claims (4 counts)
- Kickbacks (1 count)
Michael Davini, Rindge, N.H., age 56
- Larceny Over $250 (2 counts)
- Medicaid False Claims (4 counts)
- Kickbacks (1 count)
Gary Carbonello, Leominster, age 46
- Larceny Over $250 (2 counts)
- Medicaid False Claims (2 counts)
- Kickbacks (1 count)
Dwayne Pelkey, Winchendon, age 49
- Larceny Over $250 (1 count)
- Medicaid False Claims (1 count)
Lynn Maguire, Abington, age 50
- Larceny Over $250 (1 count)
- Medicaid False Claims (1 count)
- Perjury (2 counts)
The defendants will be arraigned in Worcester Superior Court at a later date.
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