Bernard, and such other adjacent parishes as may elect to participate, subject to such limitations as are hereinafter set forth in this Section, shall determine the extent of financial participation and the time or times such financial participation may be required with respect to each of the local governments in order to finance provisions for a rapid transit system through the joint instrumentality of the authority. The board, with the approval of the local governing body of the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson, St. After the board shall have been appointed in accordance with Section 1655 of this Chapter any parish eligible to participate may apply for membership to the board in accordance with rules promulgated by the board. Within forty-five days of the effective date of this Act, the board shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. Should the governing body of the parish fail to adopt such a resolution, the parish shall be deemed to have declined participation in the authority. Within thirty days of the effective date of this Act, the governing authority of each parish situated within the territory of the authority shall certify by resolution whether or not it desires to participate in the authority. For the purposes of this Chapter, provision for a rapid transit system within the regional area is declared to be an essential governmental function and a public purpose.ī. Participation by local government alternative methods of financingĪ.
Attorneys J. Ryan McLaren and Kathryn McHugh.§1665.
The prosecution of the case is being handled by Assistant U.S. The case is being investigated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General. The United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana stated that the bill of information is merely a charge and that the guilt of the defendants must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. If convicted, JAMES faces a possible maximum sentence of ten years’ imprisonment, up to three years of supervised release, up to a $250,000 fine, and a mandatory $100 special assessment fee per count. JAMES then proceeded to deposit those checks into her personal bank account. The checks that were sent to JAMES’s residence were made out to Crescent Care. JAMES filed additional claims with the Louisiana Health Access Program (“LAHAP”) in December 2020 and told LAHAP to mail the checks to her residence. JAMES would then have the Finance Department issue the patient refund check, and JAMES would then deposit the refund check into her personal bank account. JAMES made claims in the system that made it appear that patients came into Crescent Care and paid out of pocket for services. JAMES endorsed checks that were issued to patients that were in higher amounts than the usual range of the refund amount.
Crescent Care provides HIV medical care, other health care, and social services in the New Orleans area.įrom March 2020 through April 2021, JAMES created fraudulent invoices with falsified supporting documents, such as explanation of benefits documents from insurance companies. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana, announced that, ERIKA JAMES (“JAMES”), age 48, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged on Jwith one count of health care fraud.Īccording to the bill of information, JAMES was a Denial Specialist at Crescent Care, a Federally Qualified Health Center and AIDS Service Organization.
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