Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, with the assistance of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, announced the arrest of the owner of a company providing personal supports services to Medicaid recipients. Sheretta Qushawn Joseph is accused of submitting claims to Medicaid for persons with disabilities for services not rendered—resulting in a loss of $50,000 to the program. According to the investigation, Joseph owned and operated Caring Hands Supports & Services LLC, a personal supports healthcare provider that provides assistance and training to recipients in daily-living activities. In this capacity, Joseph billed Medicaid for services the company provided and paid employees for the time worked. The investigation revealed Joseph billed Medicaid for $55,423 in services never provided to recipients, some of whom with disabilities, submitting falsified service logs in excess of the hours of service actually performed. Supported by witness accounts, incomplete documentation and bank records, investigators discovered Joseph did not pay workers for the total hours claimed to Medicaid and intentionally received the overpayments.
