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LiberalArkie

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Thu Nov 19, 2015, 09:29 PM Nov 2015

State charges two psychiatric counselors with almost $600,000 in Medicaid fraud

The attorney general has announced 20 felony fraud charges against the two highest billers in the Medical Licensed Mental Health Practitioner Program — Al Dodds, 55, of Camden, and Joseph Brannon Randolph, 41, of Fayetteville.

According to a news release from Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, the two have billed Medicaid for $1.3 million over the last three years

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today announced that a five-month investigation by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) has culminated in 20 felony charges against the two highest billers in the Arkansas Medical Licensed Mental Health Practitioner Program. Over the past three years, Al Dodds, 55, of Camden and Joseph Brannon Randolph, 41, of Fayetteville have billed the Medicaid program $1.3 million. According to the charges, more than half that amount was fraudulent on not properly accounted for.



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http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2015/11/19/state-charges-two-psychiatric-counselors-with-almost-600000-in-medicaid-fraud
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