COLUMBUS, OH (WTRF) – The office of Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson filed indictments this week accusing six Medicaid providers of stealing a combined $558,383 from the government health care program for the needy.
“Fraud against Medicaid is fraud against Ohio taxpayers,” Wilson said. “We will continue to investigate suspicious billing behavior and hold offenders accountable.”
The cases include a business owner who allegedly instructed employees to inflate claims, providers who billed for services while working other jobs and individuals who billed when clients were hospitalized or deceased…