Worcester Home Care Company Defrauded $1.6M From MA Medicaid Program: AGO

WORCESTER, MA — A Worcester-based home care company defrauded MassHealth out of more than one million dollars, according to the Attorney General’s Office.

Union Home Health Care Services and its administrator, Bernice Codija, pleaded guilty in Worcester Superior Court. The AGO said the company defrauded the state’s Medicaid program out of more than $1.6 million.

Codjia, 41, used fraudulent nursing assessments and forms to enroll MassHealth members and bill MassHealth for services that were not authorized, according to the attorney general. As a result, MassHealth paid Union nearly $1.6 million.

Codija has been sentenced to one year in prison. Union will pay nearly $300,000 as part of its sentence because the company is no longer in business.

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