3 women suspected of Medicaid fraud

Isn't it sad that the government now pays people to take care of thier own family and even then they cheat.

they better check on more people that are getting gov't care that don't really need it,because there are people that do need help and can;t get it., not enough help and then there ones being wasted.

A grubby affair. UCP isn't blameless. UCP must remember that "Opportunity makes a thief."

Geesh, what scum low-lifes.

Frauding the state AND the disabled organization?

How low can you go, girls??

Just move out of the area - we really don't need you here amongst us. PLEASE.

Hang em high !!!

This is the reason why health care is so expensive. There is no check and balance in billing medicare. I know first hand what home health care providers and even hospitals bill medicare for without even providing the services. There needs to be a system in place to check what medicare is being billed for actually was performed.

Those girls were probably making good money at Citibank, and still stealing! I have to agree, scum low-lifes!!

get all of them there is another lady who worked there and im not so sure if she still does..but she was asking my mothers friend ..who she was taking care of in waynesboro to sign time sheets for extended amount of hours..at first the lady was ..and then when she realized that the lady wasnt working that long ...she wouldnt sign them anymore..i think the lady quit ..im not sure...but i know this lady worked there twice and did this the first and second time to all her clients..what a shame

get them all wrote:

get all of them there is another lady who worked there and im not so sure if she still does..but she was asking my mothers friend ..who she was taking care of in waynesboro to sign time sheets for extended amount of hours..at first the lady was ..and then when she realized that the lady wasnt working that long ...she wouldnt sign them anymore..i think the lady quit ..im not sure...but i know this lady worked there twice and did this the first and second time to all her clients..what a shame

If you know this to be a fact and have supporting evidence, report it to the PA Attorney General. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem!

all I can say is shame shame shame

how about a well known Podiatrist who regularly trims toenails for 20+ residents in an assisted living facility,(in a medical room, NOT their private quarters), averages 5-10 minutes per client, then bills Medicare $50 each for the service PLUS $50 each for 'home visit'?

Yet M/C says this is all legally correct!

"Lynch, the mother of the client Jamie Grubb, later said she signed them based on the fact that they were in the house, and that they may not have necessarily been providing care during those hours, according to court documents." ????
Why did she sign anything if services were not provided?

"Special Agent Veronica Bowers, of the Medicaid Fraud Control Division, launched an investigation into the timesheet discrepancies and the end result was that there were 1,176 hours filed -- totaling $13,218 -- that were never completed, according to court documents filed Friday."

Which is it? This sounds like someone trying to cover their own ass by blaming a failure in the daily oversight.The real question is this; was this intentional or a matter of the left hand not knowing what the right hand was doing? Medicaid management should have caught this well before 1,176 hours had lapsed. I'm willing to bet some d-bag starts blaming Obama etc..Stay classy Pa.

hmmm wrote:

how about a well known Podiatrist who regularly trims toenails for 20+ residents in an assisted living facility,(in a medical room, NOT their private quarters), averages 5-10 minutes per client, then bills Medicare $50 each for the service PLUS $50 each for 'home visit'?
Yet M/C says this is all legally correct!

I was getting a pedi recently in Greencastle and the lady in the chair next to me mentioned mentioned that her Podiatrist also does this, What a rip off!!!

and this is why healthcare is in major trouble!!!

this is not right at all they should checking up on others also

I'm telling you right now..that this happens alot with people that work for UCP. THey write down times that there not even there and they write down for times that the people they take care of are at the doctor while they sit in the persons house on the phone talking. Some of the people that r being takin care of don't need all the time they are given to use in one day. My thought is UCP need to pop in on these home more often and really see whats going on. Cause it's a lot of nothing but sitting on there butts not doin a damn thing and getting paid for it.

Smart these people are not. Hope they get the full extent of the law. How do they sleep at night?