CT personal care assistant fraudulently billed Medicaid after leaving job

A Waterbury woman has been sentenced to three years of probation after being found guilty of defrauding Medicaid by billing for services months after she left a role as personal care assistant for a developmentally disabled man, officials said.

Adrieonna Fisher, 30, appeared in court in Hartford on Wednesday and was sentenced by Judge Courtney M. Chaplin to a suspended sentence of 11 months in prison followed by three years of probation for filing false time cards, according to the Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice.

Fisher was hired as a personal care assistant in March 2015 under the state-funded Medicaid program Personal Care Assistance Waiver program, or PCA, to provide personal support services to a 55-year-old man, the DCJ said.

She left the job in July 2016, but continued to bill Medicaid until November of that year, records show.

Fisher pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree larceny after an investigation by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney found that she falsely signed and submitted 13 time sheets, accounting for more than $6,000 worth of work hours, and tried to submit two more that were denied, according to officials.

She has paid $4,000 in restitution and is required to pay another $2,024.93 during her probation, the DCJ said.

She also received a court order to no longer work as a provider in the Medicaid program, according to officials.