CONCORD – Representatives of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit have filed fraud charges against a Milford caregiver, alleging that she submitted false time sheets to her employer nearly two years ago.

A New Hampshire “multicounty grand jury” last week indicted Paula E. Barber, last known address of 43 Patch Hill Lane in Milford, on one count of Medicaid fraud – false claims, a Class B felony, according to Kate Giaquinto, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Gordon MacDonald.

Barber, 53, is accused of submitting fraudulent claims for home care that was not provided. She allegedly submitted the falsified time sheets to her employer, Regency Home Health LLC, “in which she claimed she was providing home care to an individual who was, in fact, in a hospital,” according to MacDonald’s statement.

The indictment alleges Barber made the claims “as part of a course of conduct that occurred between Oct. 18 and Oct. 27, 2018.”

Barber is scheduled to be arraigned on the charge at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13, in Merrimack County Superior Court.

The maximum penalty for a Class B felony is 3 1/2 – 7 years in State Prison.

Assistant Attorney General Thomas T. Worboys, Attorney Stephanie Johnson, and Investigator Robert Sullivan are prosecuting and investigating this case for the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.

Dean Shalhoup may be reached at 594-1256 or dshalhoup@nashuatelegraph.com.

Newsletter