AG Racine Sues Home Health Care Agency for Defrauding District Medicaid Program of More than $3 Million

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a lawsuit against Vizion One, a home health care provider, for defrauding the District’s Medicaid program of more than $3 million. In the lawsuit, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) alleges that Vizion One engaged in an elaborate scheme to profit by submitting false Medicaid claims for at-home care that was not medically necessary, properly authorized, or actually provided. As part of this scheme, Vizion One employees recruited Medicaid recipients—including by canvassing outside of homeless shelters and District social service agencies—and bribed them to falsely claim they needed care that was not actually necessary or provided to them. Vizion One also paid kickbacks to chiropractors who signed fraudulent treatment plans for submission to the District’s Medicaid Program for reimbursement. With this lawsuit, the District is seeking to recover more than $3 million in Medicaid funds paid to Vizion One because of the company’s fraudulent claims.

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