Jennings woman facing health care fraud charges

COLUMBUS, Ind. — A Jennings County woman is part of a dozen cases the Indiana attorney general’s office has investigated that have resulted in charges related to health care fraud.

Catherine Feaster allegedly forged timesheets and related documents with the name of her husband, as if he performed that work. Her husband was actually incarcerated in the Jennings County Jail at the time the work was alleged to have been performed. Feaster faces felony charges of Medicaid fraud and forgery, according to a news release from the office of Attorney General Curtis Hill.

Please read Saturday’s edition of The Republic for more details.