In a statement, CleanSlate said that it is “disappointed with the Attorney General’s decision to intervene in this matter.” It has locations across the state and operates an independent clinical laboratory in Holyoke. The allegations were originally made in a case filed by a whistleblower in April 2017 under the whistleblower provision of the False Claims Act, which allows private parties to sue on behalf of the government.ĬleanSlate had its headquarters in Northampton before relocating to Tennessee. “This company’s business model was to illegally profit by cheating our state Medicaid program, which provides vital health care resources to some of our most vulnerable residents,” Attorney General Maura Healey said in a statement. The attorney general alleges that since April 2011, the chain submitted millions of dollars in false claims to MassHealth for urine drug tests that were medically unnecessary and violated federal and state self-referral laws because the tests were performed at their own laboratory.

Amanda Louise Wilson, according to a statement released by the AG’s office.Īccording to CleanSlate Centers’ website, the company provides medication-assisted treatment for people struggling with opioid or alcohol addiction at locations across the country. District Court in Massachusetts under the Massachusetts False Claims Act against Total Wellness Centers LLC, CleanSlate Centers Inc., and CleanSlate Centers LLC (collectively, “CleanSlate”), and former company owner Dr. The state attorney general’s office is suing a national addiction treatment center chain formerly headquartered in Northampton for allegedly submitting millions of dollars in false claims to the state’s Medicaid program.

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