A Newton man has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for defrauding health insurers for millions of dollars through his now-shuttered addiction treatment centers.
Michael Brier, 62, was the operator of Recovery Connections Centers of America, Inc. (RCCA) with 15 clinics in Massachusetts and Rhode Island that provided medical and therapy services to men and women struggling with addiction.
Brier admitted to a federal judge that he billed Medicare, Medicaid and other insurers for counseling sessions that were not provided to RCCA’s patients, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office for Rhode Island. Prosecutors described him in court documents as someone who “embezzled and cheated his way through life.”…