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Former Birmingham psychologist gets federal prison, $1.5 million restitution in Medicaid fraud case Updated Jan 28, 2021; A former Birmingham psychologist has been sentenced after defrauding the Alabama Medicaid Agency of at least $1.5 million by filing false claims for counseling services that were not provided. Sharon D. Waltz, 51, pleaded guilty and was sentenced Thursday to three years in federal prison. She was also ordered to pay $1.5 million in restitution, according to a joint statement by Northern District of Alabama U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marsha...

Local Psychologist Sentenced In Medicaid Fraud Scheme Patch 1/28/2021 Michael Seale © Shutterstock A Vestavia Huills psychologist has been sentenced to three years in prison in a medicaid fraud scheme. BIRMINGHAM, AL — A former psychologist who ran a counseling clinic in Vestavia Hills has been sentenced to three years in prison for her role in a scheme that defrauded the Alabama Medicaid Agency of at least $1.5 million. Shannon Waltz, 51, pleaded guilty in 2019 to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud for filing false claims for individual and group counse...