‘Brazen fraud’: Woman sentenced for $750,000 Medicaid scheme in Northeast Ohio

A Lake County woman was sentenced on Friday for a $750,000 Medicaid scheme, according to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.

The 40-year-old woman from Eastlake worked as a home-health aide, providing in-home care to a dozen Medicaid recipients, Yost said.

The investigation revealed that the woman frequently billed for non-existent services, including on days when patients were hospitalized and on “impossible days” when she billed Medicaid for more than 24 hours of services, Yost said…

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