A New Albany woman who owns and operates a Columbus addiction treatment center is accused of directing her staff to inflate Medicaid billing, resulting in more than $167,000 in alleged losses to the taxpayer-funded program between January 2018 and May 2025. Sheereen Jaulim, 53, is one of 18 Ohio healthcare providers charged this week in a sweeping fraud indictment secured in Franklin County.
According to the Ohio Attorney General's Office, Jaulim is accused of directing MedSave Clinic staff to bill Medicaid as though clients had received physician evaluations and counseling sessions on separate dates, when in fact those services were provided during a single visit. As reported by NBC4 WCMH-TV, MedSave Clinic operates as a Columbus addiction treatment center, and Jaulim's alleged scheme is described by the outlet as unfolding over a seven-year period, while state prosecutors specify a loss of at least $167,089 across that same January 2018 to May 2025 window.
Three Columbus-Area Defendants Named in the Sweep
Jaulim is one of three defendants from the Columbus area named in the indictments, per the station's report. Also charged is Djuan Walton, 41, of Columbus, accused of submitting fraudulent Medicaid claims for transportation services to an adult daycare program. A records review identified 128 improper claims between May 2023 and January 2026, resulting in a $6,493 loss for Medicaid, according to the same account.
The third local defendant, Princess Ramey-Turner, 63, of Columbus, is accused of continuing to bill Medicaid for home-health services after a client had died, costing the program an extra $3,281. Together with 15 additional Ohio defendants facing fraud charges, the accused across the sweep account for more than $178,000 in additional lost Medicaid funds beyond the local cases, per the outlet's reporting, with the 18 defendants collectively accused of stealing more than $355,000 from the program, according to the Ohio Attorney General's Office.
Data-Mining Tools Flag Out-of-State Billing
The same September indictment sweep also reached beyond central Ohio. In Dayton, Tatianna Isreal was charged with causing $17,883 in Medicaid losses after a new state data-mining initiative flagged her for billing home-health services while she was traveling to Florida and while her client was hospitalized, according to WKYC. Her alleged improper billing spanned from July 2024 through April 2026.
In Cleveland, social worker Andreena Jackson was also among the 18 providers indicted, accused of generating fake progress notes to bill Medicaid $12,102 for therapy sessions after she had stopped treating clients, the Ohio Attorney General's Office says. Jackson was affiliated with Genesis Behavioral Services during the alleged October 2024 to September 2025 scheme. Ohio Revised Code Section 2913.40 addresses Medicaid fraud.
A Statewide Enforcement Push Years in the Making
The Franklin County indictments arrive amid a broader, ongoing crackdown. Between 2021 and 2025, the Health Care Fraud Section of the Ohio Attorney General's Office handled 5,854 complaints, secured 892 indictments and 898 convictions, and recovered over $124 million in restitution and penalties. From the start of 2023 through May 2026 alone, state enforcement efforts yielded 444 Medicaid fraud indictments, 481 convictions, and $78.4 million in recovered taxpayer funds.
In May 2026, the Ohio Department of Medicaid requested a six-month moratorium on enrolling new home-healthcare and hospice providers to stem high-risk billing fraud, a policy shift that also included immediate payment suspensions for high-risk providers under investigation. That move targeted the very sector — home-health and hospice billing — that accounts for many of the improper claims described in this week's indictments. Ohio's Medicaid program contracts with more than 165,000 healthcare providers to serve over 3 million residents, operating on an annual budget exceeding $40 billion in combined state and federal funds.
The September sweep also follows a recurring pattern of periodic joint actions. In June 2026, six Ohio Medicaid providers were indicted for allegedly stealing $326,824 as part of the U.S. Department of Justice's National Health Care Fraud Takedown, a sweep that included a Westerville physician accused of fabricating $197,981 in therapeutic behavioral health claims. Ohio's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has long been a national leader in this arena, ranking first nationally in total convictions in federal fiscal year 2015 with 160 convictions, outscoring larger states like California and New York.
Case Follows Other Recent Central Ohio Sweeps
This is not the first central Ohio Medicaid fraud case Hoodline has covered this year. In August, the outlet reported on a prior $558K central Ohio sweep, and in July, a separate case detailed allegations that a former Powell couple had milked Medicaid for $9.3 million in phantom care. All defendants named in the September indictments face unproven felony allegations in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, where prosecutors must establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
