Industry Note:
Personal Care Business Owner Nabbed For False Respite Care Claims
Published on Fri Mar 01, 2013
An in-home personal care business owner pled guilty to charges that she submitted false claims for respite care, allegedly defrauding Medicaid of nearly $300,000. Angie Gilchrist was the owner of A-Z Alpha Omega In-Home Personal Care Service LLC in Suffolk, Va. Gilchrist purportedly submitted 385 fraudulent claims to Medicaid for respite care to 38 beneficiaries, when no such care was [...]