MEDICAID FRAUD REPORTING | STATE OF OHIO - GOVERNMENT OFFICES

Battles fraud in the health care industry through the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Workers' Compensation Fraud Unit. The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit is responsible for the investigation and prosecution of health care providers accused of defrauding the state's Medicaid program. In addition, this Unit also enforces Ohio's Patient Abuse and Neglect Law, which protects the mentally and physically disabled and the elderly from neglect and abuse in Ohio's long-term care facilities. The Workers' Compensation Fraud Unit is responsible for prosecuting claimants, employers and health care providers who defraud the Ohio Workers' Compensation Program.

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Physical Address

30 East Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43215

Hours

Mon-Fri 8am-5:30pm.

Fax

(614) 644-6135

Application process

Call for information or to report abuse.

Fee

None.

Eligibility

Mentally and physically disabled individuals; elderly; Medicaid recipients; long-term care patients.

Agency info

STATE OF OHIO - GOVERNMENT OFFICES

Office oversees signing bills into law, serving as commander-in-chief of the state's National Guard and militia forces, convening special sessions of the state legislature, delivering a "state of the state" address to citizens, granting commutations and pardons to prisoners and appointing people to various judicial and state offices.