We, the residents and advocates of Hamilton County, call for an immediate investigation into Medicaid fraud taking place within recovery housing. Reports show that some operators are exploiting residents through predatory practices such as fraudulent billing, forcing people into unnecessary treatment programs, and making housing contingent on attending one specific provider. These actions not only waste taxpayer dollars but also destabilize recovery, increase relapse risk, and erode trust in the system. We demand that the Ohio Department of Medicaid, the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Hamilton County Commissioners, and the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office take action to audit providers, enforce compliance with Ohio Recovery Housing standards, and hold fraudulent operators accountable. Recovery housing must be safe, ethical, and transparent, and our community deserves protection from exploitation and abuse
Being a care manager for a company that helps support people with SUD background and/or mental health issues, I can personally say that this has been a long time coming! We need to do better and insure accountability for all recovery programs as they hold their clients to the same standard