TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Four people have been arrested for recruiting the homeless to bilk Medicaid out of more than $215,000, according to the attorney general's office.
According to the report from the attorney general's office, Christina Benson, owner of Tranquility Healthcare Solutions in Orlando, billed Medicaid for services for homeless men and women who were recruited by her associates to pose as patients.
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The company was also accused of billing Medicaid for services not provided or warranted and using untrained personnel, including some who had criminal records.
Officials said the homeless were offered gas cards and temporary housing for them to seek services at Tranquility Healthcare Solutions for psychosocial rehabilitation services that were never provided. The company then worked with local doctor Sabiha Khan, who claimed to be a treating provider, but recipients said they never met Khan.
Benson was arrested in Georgia on charges of medicaid provider fraud and organized scheme to defraud.
Khan and Demetrious Davis were arrested in Florida on charges of medicaid provider fraud and organized scheme to defraud.
Harold Harrison arrested in North Carolina on charges of medicaid provider fraud and organized scheme to defraud.