By: Jim McCool
https://floridianpress.com/author/james-mccool/
As Attorney General Ashley Moody (R-FL) continues her crusade to protect Florida against fraud, the Attorney General's office announced that a Florida man was arrested in a $400,000 Medicaid fraud case.
After an investigation from Moody's office, Cabrera worked for Angels on Earth PPEC. This business provided continual care for children with medically-complex conditions in a nonresidential setting. Cabrera, the person responsible for all Medicaid PPEC billing, billed a nearly 100% attendance rate to get the maximum payment per patient despite knowing that not everyone attended every day.
MFCU charged Carlos Cabrera with Medicaid provider fraud. Cabrera ran Angels on Earth, a prescribed pediatric extended care business, and submitted fraudulent claims for services that should have been provided to children with medically-complex conditions, bilking Florida Medicaid out of more than $400,000.
>>AG Moody said, "This defendant used vulnerable children and their families for his own financial gain by overbilling and stealing from a taxpayer funded program. My Medicaid Fraud Control Unit uncovered this devious scheme and will now ensure this defendant faces justice."
https://floridianpress.com/2023/03/ag-moody-busts-400k-medicaid-fraud-case/