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Medicaid Fraud
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| October 2005 |
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In Delaware, the owner/operator of a non-emergency medical transportation company was ordered
to pay $30,000 in restitution for health care fraud. Investigation revealed that the Medicaid
program was billed for transportation to a drug treatment facility that never occurred.
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Other
Health Care Professionals
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| October 2005 |
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In Pennsylvania, a licensed nurse was sentenced to four months
imprisonment and ordered to pay $1,000 in fines and assessments for
her guilty plea to health care fraud. A convicted felon, the woman
concealed her criminal past from various employers. The woman then
utilized her position as a nurse to steal from and defraud patients
placed in her care.
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Child
Support Enforcement
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October 2005
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In Oregon, a man was sentenced to 30 days home detention, three
years probation and ordered to pay $69,000 in restitution for failure
to pay child support for his three children currently in foster care.
In a joint Social Security Administration investigation, it was revealed
that the man used his son’s identity to commit fraud and hide
assets.
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