Nebraska Wins $100K in Suit Over False Medicaid Claims - KHGI-TV/KWNB-TV/KHGI-CD-Grand Island, Kearney, Hastings

A Lancaster County jury has awarded the state of Nebraska nearly $100,000 in a judgment against a Lincoln mental health practitioner for filing false Medicaid claims on Friday.

The state sued Katherine Zupancic in 2010 for allegedly billing state Medicaid about $85,000 worth of Medicaid claims for services she didn't provide to Medicaid clients.

The lawsuit had sought double the damages, plus $5,000 per claim submitted before July 2004 and $10,000 per claim after. The jury awarded the state $99,785.

Among other allegations, the lawsuit said Zupancic billed the state for providing services to someone when she actually was conducting training sessions elsewhere.