Lakewood fraud amnesty offer gets 159 takers who will repay $2.2M

Lakewood fraud amnesty offer gets 159 takers who will repay $2.2M

The Medicaid fraud amnesty program offered to Ocean County residents after 26 people were arrested last summer in a massive sweep has resulted in consent agreements with 159 residents who will repay $2.2 million, state officials announced Tuesday. The announcement comes more than three months after the Dec. 12 deadline to enter the Ocean County Recipient…