An Izard County woman avoided prison time Monday after pleading guilty to a form of Medicaid fraud involving theft of property by deception. According to Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, 60-year-old Anna Moore of Melbourne was sentenced in Pulaski County Circuit Court in Little Rock to five years probation and ordered to pay $5,232 in restitution to the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund and $500 in fines and court costs.
Moore was married to the patient she was caring for, Clifton Davis, making her ineligible to be paid by the Medicaid program. Davis pleaded guilty to the same charges in April after being accused of signing billing documents for care provided by his wife totaling more than $10,000. Moore was arrested last summer, and Davis was booked in October.
The case was initiated by a referral from the Medicaid Inspector General’s Office and was prosecuted in coordination with Sixth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Larry Jegley.
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