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Former CEO of Central Valley Health Clinics to Sell 13 Properties to Resolve False Claims Act
Former CEO of Central Valley Health Clinics to Sell 13 Properties to Resolve False Claims Act AllegationsSACRAMENTO, Calif. — The founder and former CEO of a chain of Central Valley rural health clinics will sell 13 properties, remitting proceeds to the United States and the state of California, to resolve allegations that she submitted millions of dollars in false claims to Medi‑Cal, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today.
The Civil and Criminal Divisions of the U.S. Attorney’s Office conducted parallel investigations of Sandra Haar, the founder and chief executive officer of Horisons Unlimited. As a result of the criminal investigation, on Aug. 13, 2018, Haar pleaded guilty to defrauding Medi-Cal and on Nov. 4, 2019, was sentenced to five years in prison.
Horisons Unlimited was a nonprofit that provided health and dental services at eight clinics in Merced and surrounding communities. Between Jan. 1, 2014, and March 2017, Haar billed Medi‑Cal through Horisons for various false and fraudulent claims, including claims for services rendered by unlicensed providers, claims for services that were not rendered at all, claims for office visits that consisted of nothing more than patients picking up controlled substances in plastic baggies in retail parking lots, and claims for unnecessary services. In addition, Haar received illegal kickbacks from an account executive at a Southern California lab. In exchange, Haar directed that lab testing for Horisons’ Medi-Cal patients be conducted at the lab.
The properties to be sold include some former clinics of the now-shuttered Horisons Unlimited as well as several residential properties. Pursuant to the settlement, the Office of Inspector General will be excluding Sandra Haar and a for-profit company Haar controlled from participation in Medicare, Medicaid, and all other Federal healthcare programs for a period of 20 years, and Horisons Unlimited’s chief financial officer, Norman Haar, will be excluded for a period of 15 years.
Read more: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/former-ceo-central-valley-health-clinics-sell-13-properties-resolve-false-claims-act