An Emporia woman will serve more than a year in prison and repay more than $12,000 to the Kansas Medicaid Program after pleading guilty to Medicaid fraud-related charges. In January, 40-year-old Jennifer Flores pleaded guilty in Lyon County District Court to two felony counts of making a false claim to the Medicaid program. That probe revealed that Flores billed Medicaid for services provided as a personal care attendant for a Medicaid beneficiary, who was disabled and eligible for home-based services, while the beneficiary was hospitalized or while the defendant was incarcerated.

There were approximately 935 hours that the defendant claimed she was providing these services.