Eight Medicaid Providers Indicted, Accused of Phantom Billing

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost continues to bust Medicaid providers who bill fraudulently, highlighted by recent indictments accusing seven people and one business of submitting claims for made-up services. The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, an arm of Yost’s office, investigated the cases and secured the indictments in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. The cases include two people who billed for in-home services when clients were incarcerated, a home-health aide who engaged in a kickback scheme, and a provider who admitted to submitting false claims using her husband’s name.

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