RACHEL PEZZUTO, RC Counselor

NPI 1558863829, individual, Peabody, MA, Counselor, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder)

Evidence tier

charged in a public enforcement record

Charged (indicted) per a state attorney general release dated February 2, 2026, not adjudicated.
Medicaid paid $125,567 in the last 12 observed months.

Public enforcement record: AG's Office Secures Indictments Against Peabody Alcohol and Drug Counselor and Her Businesses for More Than $850,000 in MassHealth Fraud

score 65 of 100, rank 1331, $126K at stake

National provider registry

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Name	RACHEL PEZZUTO, RC Counselor
Type	Individual
Status	Active
NPI issued	March 2, 2018, last updated July 10, 2023
Practice location	13 LAKESHORE RD, Peabody, MA 01960-6514, 781-296-0467
Specialties	Counselor, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) (101YA0400X, primary, license 23043 MA)

In this area

11 providers in Essex County, MA carry an indicator in the public record, with $6.2M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 4 of them, followed by part of a provider network on 4. 1 is tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tier	provider	at stake	why
1	DONALD MARTEL Georgetown, MA, ranked 583	$0	Adjudicated (sentenced) per a state attorney general release dated February 26, 2025. No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
2	NORTHEAST ARC INC Danvers, MA, ranked 703	$733K	Billed more hands-on hours than a day holds in 5 months, peaking at 27.8 hours per day across 1 billing organization. Medicaid dollars per patient on code T1002 ($7965 per patient-month) sit in the top 5% of every provider billing that code.
3	LOWN ACQUISITION LLC Lawrence, MA, ranked 1164	$456K	Part of provider network D1-00123, ranked 123 nationally.
3	JEWISH REHABILITATION CENTER FOR AGED OF THE NORTH SHORE, INC. Peabody, MA, ranked 1209	$341K	Part of provider network D1-00123, ranked 123 nationally.
3	RJ RECOVERY LLC Peabody, MA, ranked 1434	$44K	Charged (indicted) per a state attorney general release dated February 2, 2026, not adjudicated. Medicaid paid $44,356 in the last 12 observed months.
3	ALLIANCE HEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS INC Peabody, MA, ranked 1506	$17K	Part of provider network D1-00137, ranked 137 nationally.
3	NEWBURYPORT OPCO, LLC Newburyport, MA, ranked 5803	$0	Part of provider network D1-00105, ranked 105 nationally.
3	RECOVERY JOURNEY SERVICES INC Peabody, MA, ranked 6516	$0	Charged (indicted) per a state attorney general release dated February 2, 2026, not adjudicated.

All 11 in MA

Recent enforcement in MA

All releases

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DOJIndictedSep 4, 2026

Illegal Alien from Georgia Charged for Conspiracy to Launder Proceeds of $1.3B Health Care Fraud Scheme

Gugava purportedly owned ND Medical Solutions LLC, a durable medical equipment company that submitted at least $1.3 billion in fraudulent DME claims to Medicare and other insurers using stolen identities, and he opened bank accounts to deposit and transfer the fraud proceeds to overseas accounts.

DOJIndictedSep 4, 2026

Georgian National Charged for Conspiracy to Launder Proceeds of $1.3 Billion Health Care Fraud Scheme

Gugava allegedly served as purported owner of ND Medical Solutions, LLC, which submitted at least $1.3 billion in fraudulent durable medical equipment claims to Medicare and private insurers using stolen identities, and he opened bank accounts to deposit and transfer the proceeds overseas.

DOJSentencedAug 20, 2026

Former Owner of Telemedicine Companies Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for $110 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

Through his telemedicine companies, Richardson generated prepopulated durable medical equipment orders signed by doctors and nurses without beneficiary contact and sold them to telemarketers who resold them to DME suppliers that billed Medicare for medically unnecessary equipment.

DOJCivil settlementAug 10, 2026

Veloxis Pharmaceuticals Agrees to Pay $46 Million to Resolve Criminal and Civil Liability for Kickback Scheme

Veloxis paid kickbacks in the form of lavish meals, alcohol, luxury resort stays, personal gifts and sham consulting payments to transplant health care professionals, and per-patient and per-month payments to specialty pharmacies, to induce prescriptions and purchases of Envarsus XR, causing false claims to federal health care programs and underreporting payments under the Open Payments Program.

DOJCivil settlementAug 10, 2026

Veloxis Pharmaceuticals Agrees to Pay Over $46M to Resolve Criminal and Civil Liability for Kickback Schemes

Veloxis paid kickbacks in the form of lavish meals, alcohol, gifts, trips and resort stays, and purported consulting fees to health care providers, and per-patient and per-month payments to specialty pharmacies, to induce prescriptions and purchases of Envarsus XR, and concealed those payments through falsified expense reports that resulted in underreporting to CMS's Open Payments Program.

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