Non-Profit Cheats Maryland Out of Half A Million Dollars

Living Sans Frontieres, Inc. to Pay $500,000 for Services Not Rendered and Improperly Billing Medicaid

BALTIMORE, MD (January 2, 2018) – Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced
today that Living Sans Frontieres, Inc., a developmental disability administration provider based
in Woodlawn, will pay $500,000 to the State of Maryland to resolve allegations that the nonprofit
organization billed the state Medicaid program for non-rendered services. (1.)

Living Sans Frontieres, Inc. is responsible for providing community-based housing and other
supports to persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities. The investigation found that
Living Sans Frontieres, Inc. failed to provide sufficient staffing to meet the needs of a person
under its care. Living Sans Frontieres, Inc. billed the Medicaid program and received payment
for services that were not actually delivered. (2.)

“This company cheated the State by billing for services they did not provide,” said Attorney
General Frosh. “More importantly, they cheated some of our most vulnerable citizens who
depend upon those services. This conduct violates our law and our duty to developmentally
disabled members of our community.” (3.)

In making today’s announcement, Attorney General Frosh thanked Jennifer S. Forsythe, deputy
director of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Assistant Attorney General Adam T. Sampson,
Auditor Carol Kelly and Investigators Michael Regan and Valerie Puig for their work on the
case, in addition to the Maryland Department of Health and the Developmental Disabilities
Administration (4.)

It is a very sad day indeed when a Maryland community based facility claims to provide services for some of our most vulnerable citizens, but instead resorts to cheating by way of charging the Maryland Medicaid for services never rendered. Not only did Living Sans Frontieres, Inc., deem it profitable to cheat the Maryland Division of Medicaid, but it also had no qualms about not providing the serves so badly needed for the community it was suppose to be serving. Living Sans felt no responsibility in fulfilling it's contract towards the developmentally disable, which was cruel in and of itself. There is nothing worse, than to take advantage of the disable community. Well hopefully this will be a hard lesson learned for Living Sans. And the $500,000 that they had paid to the State of Maryland...to resolve the allegations will be a reminder to Living Sans that it is a best-practice to be honest and upright when dealing with others who have entrusted them to provide service that they have been contracted for!

Maryland Office Of The Attorney General Press Release January 2, 2018: Excerpts 1>4

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