Vivian Mundy took the witness stand in her own defense Thursday as her trial on fraud charges neared its end.
Mundy, owner of Cognitive Care Connection in Emporia and Topeka, is accused of multiple felony counts of defrauding Medicaid out of up to approximately $200,000. The charges include alleged overbillings for travel time, overlapping or simultaneous service times to clients, shopping during a time billings showed services being provided, and overlapping service times with other agencies that provide therapy or related services.
The trial began Monday in Lyon County District Court in the courtroom of District Judge Lee Fowler.
Mundy’s defense includes an admittedly “sloppy” approach to handling paperwork and errors she made in completing billing and reports for services provided to clients receiving Medicaid under the Traumatic Brain Injury program.
A therapist who worked for Mundy’s company for about a year from the fall of 2008 until November 2009 testified briefly before defense attorney Tom Haney told the court that Mundy had chosen to be a witness on her own behalf.
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