Powell psychologist faces 234 felony counts

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Wyoming announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Powell psychologist Gibson Condie. The May 19th indictment included 234 felony counts of health care fraud involving approximately $6.8 million in fraudulent bills. The maximum sentence carries a penalty of 10 years in prison on each count. The sentences could be imposed consecutively. According to the indictment, Condie submitted bills for mental health services to Wyoming Medicaid through his business, Big Horn Basin Mental Health Group, Inc. The bills were for baseless or inappropriate mental health diagnosis. The bills falsely identified Condie as the treating provider, although the services had been provided by various other individuals who were not licensed or authorized by Medicaid. According to the Attorney’s Office, the indictment also charged Condie fraudulently overbilled Medicaid for clinical assessments, services that were not provided, and services that Medicaid did not cover. In total, he submitted claims for approximately $6,848,808 between June 2012 and February 2016.