(KAIR)--A Leavenworth woman has been ordered to repay more than $6,400 to the Kansas Medicaid Program after being found guilty of Medicaid fraud-related charges.

According to a news release from Attorney General Derek Schmidt, 53-year-old Ena Louise Mathis pleaded guilty in September in Leavenworth County District Court to one felony count of Medicaid fraud and one felony count of committing a computer crime.

The crimes occurred between July 28, 2016, and January 31, 2017.

Leavenworth County District Judge Michael Gibbens on Wednesday ordered Mathis to repay more than $6,425 to the Kansas Medicaid Program. Judge Gibbens also sentenced Mathis to 24 months probation with an underlying prison sentence of 16 months. Such a conviction may also result in a period during which the defendant is prohibited from being paid wages through a government health care program.  

An investigation by the Attorney General’s Office Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Division revealed Mathis submitted false claims to the Medicaid program to pay for in-home assistance for a Medicaid beneficiary during times when the beneficiary was in a hospital or a resident in a nursing facility. Mathis falsely billed the Medicaid program for more than $6,425 over an interactive computer system used by the Medicaid program.