(The Center Square) – A Columbus-area home health agency received nearly $700,000 in fraudulent Medicaid payments over a two-year period, according to Ohio state Auditor Keith Faber.
Faber said a compliance audit showed $661,717 in improper Medicaid payments to Mercy Home Health Services LLC, a Reynoldsburg-based home health agency.
The audit showed Mercy was paid $7.8 million to provide more than 149,800 home health and waiver services, but an auditor’s report showed services were provided without care plans, billed services overlapped and missing service documentation…