TENNCARE FRAUD INVESTIGATION LEADS TO ARREST OF MEMPHIS WOMAN
MEMPHIS – An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Medicaid Fraud Control Division has resulted in the arrest of a woman from Memphis.
In April, TBI received information from United Healthcare Community Plan, a TennCare Managed Care Organization, alleging a caregiver had submitted claims for services that were never provided. During the investigation, agents developed information that between August 2017 and March 2023, Phyllis D. Allen submitted claims and was paid for caring for a TennCare patient in Shelby County while the individual was in an in-patient setting. TennCare paid out $13,247.77 due to the fraudulent timesheets.
On Monday, TBI agents secured arrest warrants charging Allen (DOB: 2/2/61) with one count of TennCare Fraud and one count of Theft of Property ($10,000 - $60,000). This morning, TBI agents took Allen into custody. She was booked into the Shelby County East Women’s Facility. At the time of this release, no bond had been set.
Note: The TBI’s Medicaid Fraud Control Division receives 75 percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $7,051,938.75 for federal Fiscal Year 2022-2023. The remaining 25 percent, totaling $2,350,646.25 for Fiscal Year 2022-2023, is funded by the State of Tennessee.