Two Arrested for Defrauding Medicaid Out of More Than $360

FL 2026 Behavioral Health

OIG Medicaid Fraud

Penalty

$360,000

Outcome

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Two Arrested for Defrauding Medicaid Out of More Than $360 — $360,000 Settlement

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-Attorney General Pam Bondi's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Bay County Sheriff's Office arrested two Panama City mental health counselors for allegedly defrauding the Florida Medicaid program out of more than $360,000.

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Crucible's billing compliance controls enforce documentation-to-claims reconciliation, requiring clinical attestation before claims submission and flagging billing patterns that deviate from documented care delivery.

Source: Two Arrested for Defrauding Medicaid Out of More Than $360,000

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