The Door Agrees to a $12.9 Million Settlement After Falsifying Medical Visit Numbers
The door count for medical visits at The Door was falsely inflated by two to three times the actual number each year during a seven-year period, according to a stipulation that the Soho nonprofit signed with the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District.
Under the settlement, The Door has agreed to pay the U.S. $2.7 million and New York State $10.2 million, for a total of $12.9 million. The payment to the federal government must be made within 14 days of the signing of the Jan. 27 stipulation.
Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Scott Lampert, special agent in charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General New York Regional Office, announced on Wednesday that the U.S. had filed and settled a major civil fraud lawsuit against The Door — A Center for Alternatives, at 555 Broome St., at Sixth Avenue.
