Home health agency racked up $8.5 million through fraudulent claims, hired employees with criminal history

Home health agency racked up $8.5 million through fraudulent claims, hired employees with criminal history
Home Heath Care News; by Andrew Donlan; 6/13/24
The former owner of a home-based care company – based in the Cincinnati area – has been found guilty of fraudulently billing more than $8.5 million from Medicare, Medicaid and Veterans Affairs (VA) over a six-year period. From 2015 to 2021, Sharon Romaine Ward submitted at least 92,770 claims on behalf of Halo Home Healthcare to Medicaid, and received $8.4 million between 2016 and 2021. She also admitted that she concealed her ownership of that company because of a prior felony conviction.