Counselor indicted in $2M Medicaid fraud scheme

A licensed professional counselor was indicted on 10 counts of healthcare fraud and three counts of aggravated identity theft for allegedly submitting $2 million in false claims to Texas’ Medicaid program. 

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Juan Flores, 46, of Mission, Texas, allegedly submitted more than 15,000 fraudulent claims between 2018 and 2022 for Medicaid services that were never provided, according to a Sept. 13 Justice Department news release. 

Mr. Flores allegedly used the personal information of Medicaid beneficiaries without their consent to facilitate the fraud scheme, according to the release. 

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