MEDICAID PROVIDER FRAUD

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE HAS ANNOUNCED MORE MEDICAID FRAUD INDICTMENTS IN THE BUCKEYE STATE. 
NEW ROUND OF INDICTMENTS FOR MEDICAID PROVIDERS ACCUSED OF THEFT IN OHIO AND OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL DAVE YOST CLAIMS 10 PROVIDERS STOLE NEARLY $580,000 FROM THE STATE'S MEDICAID PROGRAM, WITH A DEFENDANT ALLEGEDLY ACCOUNTING FOR NEARLY $400,000 IN LOSSES. YOST SAYS, QUOTE, IN THE SPIRIT OF SAINT PATRICK, WE'RE DRIVING OUT THE SNAKES WHO PREY ON MEDICAID. END QUOTE. THIS IS THE EIGHTH MAJOR BATCH OF INDICTMENTS FOR MEDICAID FRAUD IN OHIO SINCE LAST SUMMER.