Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement regarding the conviction of Pamela Townsend Bell, 59, of Judsonia on two counts of Medicaid Fraud, both Class C Felonies: “Last week, Bell—the owner of I’m a 10 Wellness Center in Searcy—was convicted on two counts of felony Medicaid Fraud. She billed the State Medicaid Program for claims where unlicensed, uncredentialed social work interns provided therapy to her clients. Bell was sentenced to five years of probation, restitution in the amount of $11,765.62 to the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund and a fine in the amount of $23,531.24. She will be excluded from providing services to Medicaid beneficiaries in the future.
