Tag: healthcare fraud
Milwaukee Mom Swindled Medicaid for $2.3M
⏱ 3 min read Milwaukee mom Markita Barnes, 33, is starting a decade-plus stretch in federal prison after a jury convicted her of systematically looting Wisconsin’s Medicaid program. Barnes ran a prenatal care coordination company in Milwaukee and siphoned off a staggering $2,361,799.17 meant to help at-risk pregnant women and mothers with young children. The…
AL Operator Pleads to MO Medicaid Scam
⏱ 3 min read Camille S. Childress, a home health operator out of Alabama, copped to a Medicaid scheme in federal court today. The feds say she knowingly billed Missouri Medicaid for services that never happened. The crime unfolded in the Middle District of Missouri, though Childress is an Alabama resident – a clear sign…
