Ten Charged with Medicaid Fraud, Stealing Patients’ Drugs

Jessica Jo Washington pleaded guilty in Sedgwick County District Court to one count of Medicaid fraud and one count of felony mistreatment of a dependent adult. The charges stemmed from an investigation by the attorney general’s Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Division, which revealed that Washington mistreated a resident while working as a Certified Nurse Aide in a Sedgwick County nursing facility.

Washington, a certified medication aide, is alleged to have stolen Norco-brand hydrocodone, according to court documents. Other counts allege that in July Washington battered and mistreated a dependent adult who resided at Meadowlark Adult Care Home.