Sola, Inc., a former operator of adult residential group homes in Gloucester, Virginia, has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve civil fraud allegations involving Medicaid billing. According to authorities, Sola billed Virginia Medicaid for skilled and other nursing services that exceeded the actual hours worked by its nurses.
Federal and state officials alleged that Sola overbilled Medicaid by $641,396.11 for nursing services that could not have been performed because the hours billed surpassed those recorded on nurses’ time sheets submitted to the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS).
The settlement was reached through cooperation between the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia and the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Virginia Attorney General’s Office. The investigation was led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert McIntosh and Virginia Senior Assistant Attorney General Megan A. Winfield.
Officials emphasized that “the civil claims settled are allegations only; there has been no determination of civil liability.”
