Central Ohio home health care owner found guilty of Medicaid fraud

COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) — A 47-year-old woman who owned and operated three home health care companies in central Ohio was convicted in federal court of Medicaid fraud.

The U.S. court of the southern district of Ohio announced that ex-Pickerington resident Sally Njume-Tatsing was found guilty on one count of health care fraud and 12 of making false health statements. She was indicted on her 13 charges in June 2023.

The maximum prison time for health care fraud is 10 while one count of false health statements could carry a five-year prison sentence.

Njume-Tatsing was the owner of Labelle Home Health with three Ohio locations in Reynoldsburg, Mt. Vernon, and Parma. While she was residing in California during the majority of the time she operated the business, she was central in the Medicaid billing for nursing services despite a lack of involvement in daily operations.

She was accused of inflating the hours of service provided to individuals, billing registered nurses, and billing care for dead or ineligible patients to receive Medicaid payments.

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