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(St.Paul, MN) Eighteen people are facing charges in connection to a nine-point-five million dollar Minnesota Medicaid fraud scheme. Officials say the charges were filed against the owners and employees of the now obsolete personal care assistant service agency "MN Professional." Investigators say the agency fraudulently billed the Medicaid program for more than 25 thousand
Enrollees used less care than expected, and a state program to cap profits was no longer in place, leading to an increase of about 181% in operating income.
A Bloomington man pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud marks the 16th felony conviction resulting from two Medicaid fraud conspiracies totaling more than $5.4 million in fraudulent billing.