Two Dayton women were among 9 medicaid providers who are accused of stealing a combined $1.2 million from the government health-care program.
Eight home-health aides and on mental-health specialist are facing various felony charges for Medicaid fraud and theft for allegedly billing Medicaid for services that they did not provide, according to a press release.
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“Medicaid fraud is both a crime and a moral offense,” Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said. “It steals from the vulnerable and undermines our values as a society.”
Among the people who were indicted, two women from Dayton, working for separate home-health aide companies, billed for services while their patients were hospitalized…