Guilford Man Collected $57K Fraudulently Through Branford Clinic

A Guilford man was arrested today and charged with collecting $57,000 in Medicaid payments for mental health services provided by his Branford clinic without the required supervision of a licensed psychiatrist, according to the state Department of Criminal Justice press release.

David M. Meyers, 45, of Nut Plains Road, Guilford, was charged with one count each of first-degree vendor fraud and and insurance fraud, each punishable by up to 5 years in prison.

According to the arrest warrant affidavit, in February 2010 Meyers submitted documents to the state Department of Social Services in February 2010 portraying that his outpatient psychiatric clinic, Cornerstones in Branford, had on staff a licensed psychiatrist who was the medical director responsible for supervising the clinic’s provision of mental health services, the releases states.

In fact, Cornerstones had no medical director after January 1, 2010, yet it continued to provide unsupervised services between January 2010 and February 2011 for which it billed the Medicaid program $56,946.65, according to the warrant.

Administered by the Department of Social Services, Medicaid is a federal and state funded program that provides health care to low and no-income individuals.

Meyers was released on a $60,000 non-surety bond to appear for arraignment in Hartford Superior Court on January 13, 2015. The charges are merely accusations and he is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

The case will be prosecuted by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney. The unit is grateful for the assistance it received in this investigation from the Office of the Attorney General.