A Helena-West Helena woman has been arrested on accusations that she billed the state Medicaid program for more than $1,300 for personal care services that she didn't provide, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said Wednesday.
Jacqueline Young, 36, was arrested Tuesday on one count of Medicaid fraud after surrendering to the Phillips County sheriff's office, Rutledge said in a news release. She was released on her own recognizance, according to the release.
According to an affidavit by Rhonda Swindle, an investigator with the attorney general's Medicaid fraud-control unit, Young was hired to provide help to a Medicaid recipient with daily living tasks under the Independent Choices program.
Young stopped providing the services July 14, but continued billing the Medicaid program through Oct. 5, Swindle said in the affidavit.
She wrote that Young admitted to billing for services she didn't provide "due to needing money."
Metro on 05/19/2016