2023 Press Releases

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• 5/5/2023 Connecticut Psychologist Pays $685K to Settle Allegations She Received Payments from Medicare and Medicaid for Services Not Provided

  Attorney General William Tong and Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut today announced that Dr. Evelyn Llewellyn has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments in which she will pay $658,294 to settle allegations that she received payments from the Medicare and Medicaid programs for psychology services that were not provided.

• 6/29/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement Following Attack on Rep. Khan Outside Eid Al-Adha Prayers

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement in solidarity with State Rep. Maryam Khan who was violently attacked outside Eid Al-Adha prayers in Hartford on Wednesday.

• 1/30/2023 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Supporting New York Law Banning Guns in Places of Worship

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit to reverse a lower court decision that enjoined New York’s prohibition on carrying firearms in places of worship and religious observation.

• 10/17/2023 Attorney General Tong Announces Multistate Settlement with Health Care Clearinghouse Inmediata for Data Breach Impacting 1.5 Million Consumers

  Attorney General William today joined with 32 other attorneys general announcing a settlement with health care clearinghouse Inmediata for a coding issue that exposed the protected health information (“PHI”) of approximately 1.5 million consumers for almost three years.

• 10/10/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement on Terrorist Attacks in Israel

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the terrorist attacks in Israel.

• 5/23/2023 Attorney General Tong Sues Avid Telecom Over Illegal Robocalls

  Attorney General William Tong today sued Michael D. Lansky, LLC, which does business under the name Avid Telecom, its owner Michael Lansky, and its vice president Stacey S. Reeves, for allegedly initiating and facilitating billions of illegal robocalls to millions of people and violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule, and other federal and state telemarketing and consumer laws.

• 4/27/2023 Attorney General Tong Calls on Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to Reject "Bloated, Unsupported" Rate Hike, Seeks $2 Million Annual Penalty Over United Illuminating Failure to Remediate New Haven English Station

  Attorney General William Tong today called on the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to reject a “bloated, unsupported” $130.7 million rate hike sought by United Illuminating, and to further impose a $2 million annual penalty for the company’s ongoing failure to remediate the former English Station power plant in New Haven.

• 8/9/2023 Attorney General Tong Announces $470,000 Settlement with Optimus Health Care Over False Claims and Improper Billing Allegations

  Attorney General William Tong, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General today announced that Optimus Health Care, Inc., a federally-qualified health center (“FQHC”) based in Bridgeport, has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments and has paid a total of $470,093.93 to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the Connecticut Medicaid program, and received overpayments from Medicaid for ineligible services.

• 7/11/2023 Attorney General Tong: Strong Anti-Discrimination Laws Continue to Protect LGBTQ+ Rights in Connecticut

  Attorney General William Tong today released guidance affirming strong state and federal anti-discrimination laws protecting LGBTQ+ rights after the painful and wrongly decided U.S. Supreme Court decision in 303 Creative v. Elenis.

• 5/8/2023 Attorney General Tong Leads 16 States in Sounding Alarm Over Pervasive Plastic Microfiber Pollution, Calls on EPA to Protect Public Health and Ocean Safety

  In a letter today to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Attorney General William Tong led 16 states in sounding the alarm over pervasive plastic microfiber pollution, urging EPA and NOAA to use the full extent of their authority to protect public health and the safety of our oceans.

• 4/21/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement on Supreme Court Stay Preserving Access to Medication Abortion Nationwide

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement after the U.S Supreme Court further stayed a Texas judge’s medication abortion decision that would suspend the Food and Drug Administration’s long-standing approval of mifepristone. The Texas judge’s order is now on hold until the federal Fifth Circuit hears and resolves the FDA’s appeal and the Supreme Court resolves any certiorari petition.

• 5/9/2023 Attorney General Tong Announces $560,718 False Claims Settlement with Hospital Owner and Medical Group

  Attorney General William Tong and United States Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery today announced that Northeast Medical Group (NEMG) and Yale New Haven Health Services Corp. (YNHH) have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments in which they will pay $560,718 to resolve allegations they overbilled the federal Medicare and Connecticut Medicaid programs.

• 10/23/2023 Attorney General Tong Leads Multistate Brief Supporting Supreme Court Challenge to Baseball Antitrust Exemption that Harmed Norwich Sea Unicorns, Dozens of Teams Nationwide

  Attorney General William Tong today led a bipartisan coalition of 18 attorneys general urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to the baseball antitrust exemption, which has unfairly harmed the Norwich Sea Unicorns and dozens of minor league teams nationwide.

• 6/1/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement on Decision Denying Temporary Restraining Order in Challenge to Connecticut Assault Weapons Ban

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding a decision today denying the plaintiff’s motion for a temporary restraining order in the case filed by the Connecticut Citizens Defense League seeking to repeal the state’s assault weapons ban.

• 6/1/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision Affirming Robust, Fair Reading of False Claims Act

  Attorney General William Tong praised a unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that affirmed a robust and fair reading of the False Claims Act (FCA).