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Ohio, feds announce indictments in Medicaid fraud
Ohio and federal authorities announced indictments against nine individuals for allegedly defrauding the government of $42 million through Medicaid and COVID programs. The collaboration includes a new federal-state data-sharing system to combat fraud, with 49 home health providers suspended for billing irregularities. Political tensions arose as GOP legislators criticized Governor Mike DeWine for alleged oversight failures in Medicaid fraud.
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