Hawley announces the sentence for woman accused of stealing $175,000 in Medicaid fraud scheme

Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced on Friday that Corrine Dale entered an open plea after she was accused of Medicaid fraud.

Dale, a licensed professional counselor, stole $175,609.50 from Missouri’s Medicaid program by falsely billing and receiving payment for counseling services she never provided.

In 2014 and 2015, Dale was accused of stealing Medicaid recipients’ identities to fraudulently bill them for counseling services that she did not provide.

Dale was accused of billing Medicaid for over 24 hours of counseling services in a single day on 101 different days. She also was accused of billing and receiving payments for behavioral health services to preverbal infants.

Hawley said Dale submitted 3,561 false claims to Missouri’s Medicaid program.

The judge sentenced Dale to seven years in prison for each Medicaid fraud counts, seven years for receiving stolen property, and 15 years for each identity theft count.

Hawley said the court suspended the execution of the sentences and placed Dale on five years of supervised probation and ordered her to pay $175,609.50 in restitution.

“My office will not tolerate Medicaid fraud in Missouri,” Hawley said. “On my watch, those who steal Missouri taxpayer dollars, will be prosecuted. I am grateful for the hard work of the Medicaid Fraud Unit to find and return this taxpayer money to the State.”