(Rocky Hill, CT) - A Stamford woman, and owner of Holistic Psychiatric Services, LLC, has been arrested and charged with submitting false claims to the Connecticut Medicaid Health Insurance Program.
Iselande Desyr, age 59, of Stamford, was arrested on October 17, 2024 by Inspectors from the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney, and charged with one count of Health Insurance Fraud in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 53-442 and one count of Larceny in the First Degree by Defrauding a Public Community in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 53a-122(a)(3).
According to the arrest warrant affidavit, between January 2021 and November 2023, Desyr, an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, was the owner of Holistic Psychiatric Services, LLC. Desyr was enrolled as a provider for the Connecticut Medicaid Program. During this time, she billed for services not provided, as well as submitted billing codes for more expensive services than the ones patients actually received, and falsified patient records. Due to this fraudulent billing, Desyr obtained payments from the Connecticut Medicaid program in the amount $304,664.30, for which she was not entitled.
The money profited by her in the amount of $304,664.30 constitutes the crime of Larceny in the First Degree by Defrauding a Public Community. The submission of claims to the Department of Social Services provided by Desyr contained false, incomplete, deceptive and/or misleading information which constitutes Health Insurance Fraud.
Desyr was released on $250,000.00 non-surety bond and is scheduled to appear in Bridgeport Superior Court, G.A. No. 2 on October 29, 2024. The charges are merely accusations and she is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. Health Insurance Fraud and Larceny in the First Degree by Defrauding a Public Community are each classified as a B Felony and punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
The case was investigated by and will be prosecuted by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. The Unit is grateful for the assistance it received in the investigation from the Connecticut Department of Social Services - Office of Quality Assurance, the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office, and the Stamford Police Department.
The Connecticut Medicaid Fraud Control Unit receives 75 percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $2,362,872.00 for the fiscal year of October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025. The remaining 25 percent, totaling $787,620.00 for the same fiscal year, is funded by the State of Connecticut.
Anyone with knowledge of suspected fraud or abuse in the public healthcare system is asked to contact the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit at the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney at (860) 258-5986.