A state audit looked at 794 services offered by the company and found a total of 388 errors occurring between 2011 and 2014, meaning the company has overbilled Medicaid $671,678. Including interest, Ziman Home Healthcare owes $708,998.
The errors relate to unqualified staff members providing care, as well as care provided without proper physician authorization. Unqualified staff — such as those who had lapses in first aid certification — provided 62 services during the three-year period. Ziman submitted 188 services without a physician signing plans of care and 39 services that hadn’t been signed by a physician at all.
“The wellbeing of patients should be the priority of every Medicaid provider,” said Ohio Auditor Dave Yost, according to the report. “This one jeopardized the health of those in its care by allowing unqualified employees to provide medical services.”
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