LINCOLN - Nebraska State Auditor Mike Foley released a second letter Wednesday lambasting two Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services programs, listing “shocking examples” of alleged wrongdoing by caregivers contracted by the HHS to provide services to Medicaid recipients.

In a news release, Foley said his office found an Omaha-based home health care agency received over $1 million in reimbursements through HHS’s personal assistance services and personal care services programs. Foley alleged many of the reimbursements requested by the agency were fraudulent, pointing out that one reimbursement was for a caregiver who was in law enforcement custody at the time services were supposedly performed.

Foley said the agency’s founder had been authorized to provide child care services in a different HHS program. However, HHS terminated its agreement with the founder due to improper billing procedures and double billings resulting in overpayments.

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