A Missouri woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury on accusations she defrauded the state’s Medicaid program out of more than $3 million over more than a decade, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Camille S. Childress, 40, was indicted on four counts of health care fraud. The indictment says Childress owned a home health care company, Inspiring Angels LLC, but concealed her ownership from state officials due to a 2012 criminal conviction, according to a Department of Justice release.
According to the indictment, Childress submitted or caused to be submitted fraudulent claims to Missouri Medicaid seeking reimbursement for home healthcare services that were never provided. In some cases, the care recipients were in the hospital and could not have received home healthcare, the indictment says.
Charges set forth in an indictment are merely accusations and do not constitute proof of guilt, the release notes.