Portland provider accused of fraud has not appealed suspension of Medicaid payments

Gateway Community Services fails to appeal state's payment suspension before deadline

Gateway has denied any wrongdoing but did not file an appeal or request a hearing before the state's July 17 deadline.

Gateway Misses Appeal Deadline, Leaving Maine's Fraud Finding Unchallenged as $1.7 Million MaineCare Scandal Deepens

By allowing the deadline to challenge the Maine Department of Health and Human Services’ finding of a “credible allegation of fraud” to pass without filing an appeal, Gateway Community Services has left the state’s suspension of its MaineCare payments in place and moved one step closer to potentially being permanently excluded from the Medicaid program. [...] The post Gateway Misses Appeal Deadline, Leaving Maine’s Fraud Finding Unchallenged as …

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Portland provider accused of fraud has not appealed suspension of Medicaid payments

Gateway Community Services, which has denied allegations of fraud, did not appeal the decision by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services by the July 17 deadline.