AG Neronha Medicaid fraud unit executes warrants at Providence business

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Members of Attorney General Peter Neronha’s Medicaid Fraud and Control Unit executed court-authorized search warrants at a Branch Avenue location Wednesday morning.

ABC6 photographers saw law enforcement personnel entering and exiting community health center U’Nique Diversity Innovation on Branch Avenue.

According to Neronha spokesperson Tim Rondeau, the Medicaid Fraud and Control Unit is charged with investigating and prosecuting “violations of law in connection with the provision of medical assistance under the Rhode Island Medicaid program, including allegations of fraud and patient abuse, neglect, and exploitation in facilities receiving payments under the Medicaid program.”

Attorney Raymond L. Watson, the legal counsel for U’Nique Diversity Innovation, said that the company was aware of the search warrants and was “fully cooperating with the appropriate authorities.”