Case worker charged with Medicaid fraud

JACKSON – A Jefferson County woman was arrested Thursday and charged with Medicaid fraud, Attorney General Jim Hood said.

Kristina Stampley, 28, of Fayatte, turned herself in to investigators following an indictment by the Pike County Grand Jury, Hood’s office said. Stampley, a case manager at Southwest Mississippi Mental Health, is accused of submitting about 229 claims for services rendered to Medicaid for payment, but those claims could not be verified.

Southwest Mississippi Mental Health has cooperated with the investigation and has already repaid Medicaid more than $15,000 for the fraudulent claims.

Stampley was taken into custody by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Attorney General’s Office on Feb. 25 at the Pike County Sheriff’s Office. Her bond was set at $10,000.

The case was investigated and will be prosecuted by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.

If convicted, Stampley faces a maximum of five years in prison and a $50,000 fine, Attorney General Hood said.

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