Ohio medicaid pays millions to firm despite felony ties

Ohio’s Medicaid program has paid more than $5.7 million to Omega Healthcare Services since 2020. The company is registered to Esther Acheampong, whose husband Robert has prior felony convictions for theft of public money. The payments continue even as questions arise over oversight of home health providers.

Omega Healthcare Services operates from a locked office in Columbus and provides home health services to the elderly. State records show the firm began receiving Medicaid dollars in June 2020 and continued through at least May 2026. Esther Acheampong serves as president, while her husband Robert, a convicted felon, shares the same address through their accounting firm Scabeda.

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Ohio GOP leaders Keith Faber and Vivek Ramaswamy announce crackdown on Columbus Medicaid home health fraud at press conference.
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Building on Vice President JD Vance's directive for a federal probe, Republican leaders in Ohio—including State Auditor Keith Faber and gubernatorial hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy—vowed aggressive action against widespread Medicaid fraud in home health services. A Daily Wire investigation revealed hundreds of companies in Columbus buildings billing over $250 million, often for care by family members.

A Columbus company owned by a couple with multiple criminal convictions has billed Ohio Medicaid nearly $1 million for home care services. True Home Healthcare LLC received payments despite restrictions on its owners' nursing licenses and questions over the work performed.

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Federal authorities announced the indictment of two Ohio state employees and two co-conspirators on Thursday in connection with an alleged $30 million Medicaid billing fraud scheme involving children's behavioral health services.

Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the Trump administration is withholding $1.3 billion in Medicaid reimbursements from California and will send letters to all states demanding stronger action against fraud.

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Ohio State Auditor Keith Faber has joined the State Financial Officers Foundation, a national group of elected state fiscal officials that says it works to combat waste, fraud and abuse. The move comes as Faber’s office continues to publicize results from audits and investigations involving Medicaid and other state-administered programs.

Health Cabinet Secretary Adan Duale has directed hospitals to refund civil servants charged out-of-pocket fees for services covered by the Social Health Authority. The order was issued on June 10 during the SHA rollout in Nairobi. Facilities violating the rules face suspension.

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Vice President JD Vance has asked the Justice Department to consider a criminal investigation related to allegations in a Republican-led House Oversight Committee report that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison failed to curb fraud risks in state-administered, federally funded programs.

 

 

 

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