An Altoona woman is facing charges for racking up more than $40,000 in Medicaid payments when she was employed as a physician’s assistant, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) reported.
Jennifer Batrus, 50, of Altoona, is accused of using the guise of the pandemic to submit payments from Medicaid for patients she never saw in person nor talked to on the phone during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the OAG, Batrus was employed as a physician’s assistant with American Family Psychiatry since March 2016. Through the investigation, it was learned that she would often travel between the Huntingdon and State College offices and see roughly 30 patients a day, four days a week.
The OAG said they were alerted by a Medicaid management company that there may be fraud taking place.
Source: Former physician assistant from Altoona charged with $40k Medicaid fraud / WTAJ