Campanini was given a 2-year suspended sentence, 12 years probation and ordered to repay the money.
SPRINGFIELD - A 52-year-old West Springfield woman was sentenced to two years at the Hampden County House of Correction after she pleaded guilty to defrauding MassHealth out of nearly $140,000, according to the state Attorney General’s Office.
Gina Campanini admitted to billing the Massachusetts Medicaid Program for a personal care attendant services that she did not receive. Campanini was eligible to receive assistance under MassHealth as a result of a long-term disability, but an investigation showed that between 2006 and 2009 submitted time slips identifying her deceased mother as her personal care attendant. The payments to her mother were directly into Campanini’s personal bank account.
She pleaded guilty to eight counts each of Medicaid fraud and larceny of more than $250.
Judge Peter Velis suspended the jail sentence and instead placed her on probation for 12 years. She was also ordered to make full restitution.