Ohio has its own Somali fraud problem, House oversight says
Ohio is facing a significant Somali fraud crisis, similar to one previously reported in Minnesota. House oversight committee members highlighted that many home health Medicaid fraud cases involve immigrants from Somalia and Bhutan. The fraudulent activities are estimated to have cost the federal government over $1.2 billion in recent years.
- ▪The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform warned of a multibillion-dollar Somali fraud crisis in Ohio.
- ▪Rep. Brandon Gill stated that a large portion of Medicaid fraud in Ohio is committed by Somali and Bhutanese communities.
- ▪An investigative report revealed that sham home healthcare companies are billing Medicaid for services not rendered.
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Ohio, home to the country’s second-largest Somali population, has a multibillion-dollar Somali fraud crisis similar to the scandal in Minnesota, members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform warned this week. “Recent reporting shows that many of the Somali and Bhutanese communities commit a large portion, if not the majority, of home health Medicaid fraud in Ohio,” said Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), chairman of the House oversight committee’s task force on exposing institutional abuses, at a hearing on Wednesday examining fraud in Ohio’s Medicaid program.
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