BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In-home health providers who care for Louisiana Medicaid patients say they have been unfairly targeted by health department audits that claimed they owed $4.2 million in overpayments and fines, and nearly every provider sanctioned is appealing the decision.
Jacquelyn Blaney, who runs a Baton Rouge in-home care firm, said in many instances the providers were improperly penalized even though they followed Department of Health and Hospitals rules. She said providers have been unable to obtain details about how the penalties were decided.
"We can't find any rhyme or reason to the numbers. It seems arbitrary at best," said Blaney, founder of the Louisiana Supported Living Network.
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