Colorado Provider Billed Medicaid $165,000 for Dead Patient’s Rides, House Report Says
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 5
Colorado Provider Billed Medicaid $165,000 for Dead Patient’s Rides, House Report Says
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 5
Summary
$165,000 in Colorado Medicaid ride claims were allegedly billed after a patient had died, part of $3.3 million in questionable charges tied to provider Wesam Yassin and Sama Limo.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee used the case to argue Medicare and Medicaid remain highly vulnerable to fraud, with Republicans estimating abuse costs taxpayers $1 million a minute.
Colorado prosecutors also charged another transport provider, Ashley Marie Stevens, accusing her of seeking more than $1 million through family trips and “ghost rides” that never occurred.
The report widened the pattern beyond Colorado, citing nearly 500 hospices within a three-mile radius in Los Angeles County and a separate catheter scheme that sought nearly $11 billion from Medicare.
House Republicans said such fraud drains care from vulnerable patients through identity theft, longer waits and substandard services while diverting billions in taxpayer funds.