Art Teacher Agrees to Pay

One woman paints a painting while another looks on, both smiling.

The United States entered a consent judgment against Segal Arts LLC and owner and manager Irina Segal. A complaint says that they submitted claims to Medicare for one-on-one occupational therapy services when, instead, they provided group arts-and-crafts sessions to Medicare beneficiaries at assisted living and similar facilities. Read a story on Yahoo and a Department of Justice press release.

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