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Crackdown On Medicaid Home Care Fraud Leads To Jail Terms, Restitution, And More

Published on Fri Mar 10, 2023

Plus: One state claimed more than $50 million in unallowable PCA services, OIG report charges. Both federal and state authorities are getting ever-more-serious about combatting fraud in Medicaid home health programs, as shown by a flurry of enforcement activity in recent months. For example: In Maryland on March 7, Joseph Tamjong was sentenced to 20 months in prison for defrauding [...]
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