Press Release  AG Campbell Secures $6 Million Settlement With Weymouth-Based Ambulance Companies For MassHealth False Claims

BOSTON — Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today announced that her office has reached a $6 million settlement with two Weymouth-based ambulance companies, Brewster Ambulance Service, Inc. (Brewster) and EasCare, LLC (EasCare), and their current owners, Mark Brewster and George Brewster, Jr. The settlement resolves allegations that the companies and owners submitted false claims to MassHealth for more expensive services than were provided, violated MassHealth medical necessity requirements, and failed to disclose relevant information when submitting the companies’ applications to serve as MassHealth providers.

As part of the settlement, the companies and owners will pay $6 million to the Commonwealth and implement a three-year independent compliance monitoring program at their own expense. The compliance monitoring program will include updated policies and procedures, training requirements, and annual site and records audits, the results of which will be reported to the Attorney General’s Office (AGO).

“When companies violate our laws and defraud the MassHealth program, crucial taxpayer resources are misdirected from paying for health care for those who need it most,” said AG Campbell. “I am proud to announce this settlement, which will provide meaningful restitution to the Commonwealth and ensure compliance with laws that enable the MassHealth program to serve the millions of residents who depend on it for their healthcare needs.”

Brewster and EasCare provide ambulance and wheelchair transportation services to MassHealth patients across the Greater Boston and South Shore areas. Collectively, they are the largest medical transportation provider in the Commonwealth.

Per its investigation, the AGO alleged that Brewster and EasCare fraudulently “upcoded” their claims to MassHealth by billing for more expensive levels of services than they actually provided or required, including billing for emergency services when only non-emergency services were provided or required.

Additionally, the AGO alleged that the companies fraudulently billed MassHealth for medically unnecessary services and/or for nonemergency services without maintaining relevant medical necessity documentation, as required by MassHealth.

Furthermore, in violation of MassHealth medical necessity requirements, the AGO alleged that Brewster and EasCare also requested medical authorization signatures from providers without presenting relevant and completed medical necessity documentation as required.

Additionally, the AGO alleged that when submitting their MassHealth provider applications, Brewster and EasCare failed to disclose to MassHealth relevant information concerning owners, managers, and employees of the companies.

The AGO asserted that this conduct constituted violations of various state laws, including the Massachusetts False Claims Act. These allegations were first uncovered through a whistleblower lawsuit filed in the District of Massachusetts.

This matter was handled by Assistant Attorneys General Mary-Ellen Kennedy, Scott Grannemann, Matthew Jones, and Rosie Loring, Investigations Supervisor Dean Bates, Senior Investigator Will Welsh, and Investigator Ashley Marquez, all of the AGO’s Medicaid Fraud Division, as well as Marlee Leo, Director of Investigations in the AGO’s Civil Investigations Division. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, and MassHealth provided substantial assistance during the investigation.

This matter is representative of the AGO’s Medicaid Fraud Division’s ongoing efforts to combat MassHealth fraud, including within the medical transportation industry. In July 2025, the AGO announced an over $1 million settlement with a Millville-based medical transportation company, also based on a whistleblower lawsuit filed in federal court, concerning allegations that the company submitted false claims to MassHealth and the Department of Developmental Services for contracted routes not actually driven and failed to have required staff monitors onboard for certain routes. In April 2025, the AGO secured indictments against a Worcester-based medical transportation company and its owner for submitting millions of dollars in false claims to MassHealth for services that were never provided, laundering MassHealth funds, and abusing and neglecting patients. In February 2024, the AGO secured a $1.6 million settlement with two North Dartmouth ambulance companies and their owner for submitting false claims to MassHealth for more expensive or “upcoded” services than were actually provided, billing MassHealth for medically unnecessary services, and failing to comply with MassHealth’s medical necessity requirements. 

The AGO’s Medicaid Fraud Division is a Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, annually certified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to investigate and prosecute health care providers who defraud the state’s Medicaid program, MassHealth. The Medicaid Fraud Division also has jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute complaints of abuse, neglect and financial exploitation of residents in long-term care facilities and of Medicaid patients in any health care setting. Individuals may file a MassHealth fraud complaint or report cases of abuse or neglect of Medicaid patients or long-term care residents by visiting the AGO’s website.  

The Massachusetts Medicaid Fraud Division receives 75 percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $5,922,320 for federal fiscal year 2025. The remaining 25 percent, totaling $1,974,102 for FY 2025, is funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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