UNITED STATES INTERVENES IN ACTION ALLEGING THAT NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IMPROPERLY BILLED MEDICAID FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES TO SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS
Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, today announced that the United States has intervened in the matter of Ohlmeyer ex rel United States of America v. City of New York, an action brought pursuant to the qui tam whistleblower provisions of the federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-33. In its complaint, the United States alleges that the City of New York Department of Education (DOE) submitted false claims to Medicaid for psychological counseling services to special education students in the New York City public schools.