Nine Medicaid Providers Facing Fraud Charges

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Nine Medicaid providers are accused of stealing a combined $530,888 from the government health-care program for the needy, according to indictments filed this month by the office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. 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 providers who billed for in-home services when clients were hospitalized, a home-health aide who sent unqualified individuals to care for clients in her place, and a provider who allegedly forged a client’s signature on timesheets. Among those indicted: Monica Dean, Mustafa Issa, Ayshia Mustapha, Andrea Johnson, Mary Moore,  Elizabeth Nawrot, Tiara Portis, Alayjah Terrell and Gerri Toney.

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