HARRISBURG, PA — A former office manager at a Montgomery County home care agency has been sentenced to prison for her role in a sprawling Medicaid fraud scheme that siphoned nearly $1.76 million from a program designed to serve some of Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable residents.
Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that Barbara Thomas, 46, of ComfortZone Home Health Care, was sentenced this week in Montgomery County Court to 9 to 23 months in state prison, followed by four years of probation, after pleading guilty to felony counts of Medicaid fraud, theft by deception, and corrupt organizations.
Thomas was also ordered to pay $1.39 million in restitution, jointly and severally with her co-defendants, to help recover losses tied to the scheme…