Associated Press - December 11, 2009 6:54 AM ET

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Two former officials of a New Roads nursing home are accused of defrauding the Medicaid program.

Casey Kennedy, former administrator of Pointe Coupee Healthcare, and Jacqueline Mougeot, the facility's former nursing director, were indicted Wednesday by an East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury.

Kennedy, of Opelousas, and Mougeot, of Jarreau, are charged with one count each of Medicaid fraud and filing or maintaining false public records.

Jennifer Roche, a spokeswoman for the Louisiana Attorney General's Office, told The Advocate Thursday that Kennedy and Mougeot allegedly submitted time for hours not actually worked.

The indictments say the alleged activity occurred between September 2007 and April 2008.

Information from: The Advocate, http://www.2theadvocate.com

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