Iolan Kim Alan Laymon was ordered Wednesday to repay $7,000 to the Kansas Medicaid Program after pleading guilty to Medicaid fraud-related charges.
Laymon, 53, pleaded guilty in September in Neosho County District Court to one count of theft, according to a press release from Attorney General Derek Schimdt’s office.
Judge Daryl Ahlquist Wednesday ordered Laymon to repay the $7,000, and sentenced him to seven months in prison. The prison sentence was suspended for 12 months probation.
Convictions such as this one also result in a period during which the defendant is prohibited from being paid wages through a government health care program.
An investigation revealed that Laymon billed Medicaid for personal care attendant services for a consumer in Iola while working at another job in Chanute, the press release said. The consumer did not receive the services. The crime occurred between March and December 2013.
The case was part of “Operation No Show,” a cooperative effort between the attorney general’s office and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Office of Inspector General to investigate fraudulent billing to Medicaid for personal care services provided in Medicaid beneficiaries’ homes.
Wednesday’s sentencing brings to a close the ninth case in this joint effort to crack down on those who take advantage of these federal and state administered healthcare programs, Schmidt said. More than $342,000 in restitution payable to the Kansas Medicaid program has been ordered as a result of these efforts.
Other joint investigations are ongoing.
Iola man sentenced for Medicaid Fraud
