Former owner of Rayville personal care agency pleads guilty in Medicaid fraud case

The former owner of a Rayville personal care services agency pleaded guilty on Thursday to defrauding the state's Medicaid program, announced Attorney General Buddy Caldwell. Patricia A. Bell, 52, of 111 Alabama Street, Rayville, was charged by bill of information in the Fifth Judicial District Court. Bell pleaded guilty to one count of Medicaid fraud and agreed to pay $848,765.23 in restitution to the Medicaid program, $200,000 in civil monetary penalties, $50,000 in costs of investigation and prosecution, as well as all court costs associated with her unlawful conduct. Bell has also agreed to be excluded from participating as a provider in the Medicaid program.

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