Four People Plead Guilty, Sentenced For Multi-Million-Dollar Medicaid Fraud Scheme That Involved Inflated Transportation Costs, Other Phantom Services

Four People Plead Guilty, Sentenced For Multi-Million-Dollar Medicaid Fraud Scheme That Involved Inflated Transportation Costs, Other Phantom Services

HARRISBURG - Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that four people who conspired to defraud Medicaid of nearly $9 million have pleaded guilty and been sentenced for their roles in the scheme. The scheme involved overcharging Medicaid for non-medical transportation plans that were scarcely used and medically unnecessary. The scheme revolved around three Philadelphia-based service coordination agencies: Brighter Care Services, Pennsylvania Service Coordination Agency, and Pennsylvania Development Agency, and a non-medical transportation service, Rides Your Way.

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