Vermont Business Magazine Hal Curtis, age 64, of Rutland, Vermont, was convicted on January 5, 2016, in Vermont Superior Court, Windsor Criminal Division, on six misdemeanor counts of False Pretenses. The convictions stemmed from Curtis’ submission of false timesheets in order to obtain payment for services that were not provided to a recipient of benefits under the Developmental Services waiver program, a Vermont Medicaid program. Specifically, the State alleged that Curtis filed timesheets purporting to show that he had delivered community support services in the middle of the night and small hours of the morning while the recipient of benefits was sleeping.
Curtis was sentenced to three to six years of imprisonment, all suspended, and placed on two years of probation subject to standard conditions and the special condition that he complete 400 hours of community service. The Court also ordered Curtis to pay $12,938 in restitution to the Vermont Medicaid program. As a collateral consequence of his conviction, Curtis will likely be excluded from participation as a provider in Medicaid, Medicare and other federally-funded healthcare programs for five years.
The case was investigated and prosecuted by the Medicaid Fraud and Residential Abuse Unit within the Vermont Attorney General’s Office with assistance from the USDepartment of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General.
Vermont AG: Jan 7, 2016