Carr: Owners of Behavioral Health Facility Indicted in DeKalb County for Medicaid Fraud Totaling Over $1.4 Million

GA 2026 Behavioral Health
OIG Medicaid Fraud
Penalty
$1.4 million

Outcome

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Carr: Owners of Behavioral Health Facility Indicted in DeKalb County for Medicaid Fraud Totaling Over $1.4 Million — $1,400,000 Settlement

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DEKALB COUNTY, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that Kim Higgins and Marcel Higgens, both of Woodstock, have been indicted in DeKalb County on charges of Conspiracy to Commit Medicaid Fraud and a combined 23 counts of Medicaid Fraud. The defendants owned and operated Overcomers Day Services, LLC, a behavioral health facility that provided Intensive Family Intervention (IFI) services to children enrolled in Georgia Medicaid. Together, they are alleged to have defrauded the Medicaid program of more than $1.4 million.

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