Our guest speaker today was Lloyd Early from the Ohio Attorney General’s office. Lloyd is the Medicaid Special Agent-in-Charge for Ohio. Medicaid is a vital program that provides health care benefits to low-income and medically fragile Ohioans of all ages. In the past 5 years, the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has investigated nearly 3,200 complaints of Medicaid Fraud and patient abuse and neglect. Of these complaints, there were 553 criminal indictments, 475 criminal convictions, 133 civil settlements and have been able to recover $279.9 million dollars.

To report Medicaid Fraud or Patient Abuse and Neglect, contact the Fraud Unit at 800-282-0515 or visit www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/reportmedicaidfraud ... See more