Wednesday, July 27, 2011 | 3 p.m.
Jianzhu Liang
Sun archives
- Judge sentences woman for Medicaid fraud (5-18-2011)
- Woman sentenced in Medicaid fraud case (1-4-2011)
A Clark County hearing master today gave a Las Vegas woman who pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud a 60-day suspended jail sentence but placed her on three years of probation, the Nevada Attorney General’s office said.
Jianzhu Liang, 51, also was ordered to perform 40 hours of community service and pay $9,220 in restitution after pleading guilty to a gross misdemeanor for intentional failure to maintain adequate records.
The case was investigated and prosecuted by the attorney general’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
In 2010, Nevada Medicaid gave information to the fraud control unit that Liang was suspected of not providing personal care services to a Medicaid recipient despite continuing to receive payment from Medicaid. Medicaid has a personal-care assistant program to keep people living independently by providing basic services, including bathing, dressing, cleaning and meal preparation.
Liang was employed by a home-care company to provide day-to-day care for two recipients. It was discovered that Liang failed to provide care for the patients, yet claimed she performed the services and received payment as if she had done her work.
“We benefit our neediest citizens and protect the Medicaid system when we prosecute anyone who would defraud the system and steal Medicaid dollars,” Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto said.
People convicted of Medicaid fraud may be excluded from future Medicaid participation.
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