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FBI public corruption probe produces another felony Medicaid fraud charge in Batesville

Robin Raveendran, a former Medicaid integrity director who later joined Preferred Family Healthcare, was charged Thursday with a felony fraud charge that grew out of the FBI public corruption investigation, the Batesville Guard reports. The charge details more than $2 million in fraudulent charges.It develops that the state suspected something was amiss in billing procedures, but the company fought to keep the system in place. The investigation was renewed only after the FBI tipped state officials.
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Another inquiry for Ascent, this one on Medicaid billings

More complications apparently have arisen for Ascent Children's Health Services, a group of behavioral health facilities for children whose chief executive office is state Rep. Dan Sullivan of Jonesboro. A review is \underway of its Medicaid billings.
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Attorney general settles lawsuit over fraud in home health care

The office of Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced today that it had settled a lawsuit against Step by Step Senior Care. a home health care company, in a deal that included a civil penalty of $239,788.

Attorney general announces Medicaid fraud arrest

The attorney general's office said today that Tabitha Woods, 43, of Dermott had been arrested for Medicaid fraud for billing Medicaid for services allegedly provided to her mother while Woods was clocked in and working as a contract employee of the Arkansas Department of Correction Regional Unit and while her mother was admitted to a nursing home.
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Senate vote may be today on rule to grease tort reform amendment

Blue Hog Report says the nursing home lobby plan to get around a roadblock in committee to passage of a tort reform amendment could be put into action today.

Lloyd Warford to lead Medicaid fraud control unit

Judd Deere, spokesman for Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, mentioned to me today that Lloyd Warford will be the deputy attorney general in charge of the office's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. He succeeds Jeanette Hamilton, who remains on the attorney general's staff.
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