Sarah Sarder, Breaking News Reporter. A Midlothian woman admitted Thursday to defrauding Medicaid while she was behind bars awaiting sentencing for a previous fraud scheme, authorities said. Alexis C. Norman, 47, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and four counts of health care fraud. One of those instances occurred while Norman was in prison, according to the Department of Justice. Prosecutors say Norman had help from co-conspirator Karen Jones to execute the fraud, which involved elaborate schemes to avoid detection. Norman initially recruited Jones in February 2015 with the idea for the crimes, in which officials say Jones set up multiple false medical companies to collect money for fake Medicaid claims. The first company Jones created was named Janus Children Services Inc., a false operation that leased office space in Tyler but had no employees or services.
Source: Texas woman pleads guilty to ripping off Medicaid from prison / The Ennis News
I do not how she was not caught. Hell Medicaid asks my office for records to audit all the time! Because I use too many “high costs codes”.
I pass all audits. But why aren’t they getting audited. That is crazy and makes providers like me not want to deal w medicaid because of the bureaucratic red tape.