A Lancaster County jury has awarded the state of Nebraska nearly $100,000 in a judgment against a Lincoln mental health practitioner for filing false Medicaid claims.
Lincoln are media outlets report that the jury awarded the state $99,785 on Friday.
The state sued Katherine Zupancic in 2010, alleging she billed state Medicaid about $85,000 worth of Medicaid claims for services she didn’t provide to Medicaid clients.
The lawsuit had sought double the damages, plus $5,000 per claim submitted before July 2004 and $10,000 per claim after.
Among other allegations, the lawsuit said Zupancic billed the state for providing services to someone when she actually was conducting training sessions elsewhere.