COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Columbus woman has been indicted as part of a statewide investigation into fraud charges through Medicaid.
According to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, nine Medicaid providers are accused of stealing a combined total of $1.2 million from the government health-care program for the needy.
Included in the indictment is Lisa Forbes, of Columbus, who allegedly billed for in-home services when the recipient was hospitalized on seven separate occasions. Forbes, 39, admitted to authorities that she illegally billed a patient $6,523 when the recipient was in the hospital.
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Forbes, who was employed by Grateful Hearts Healthcare Services, was investigated after the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit reviewed the individual cases and secured the indictments out of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas…