HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill confirmed that UN Somalia Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman, who also serves as the UN Security Council president, has ties to a home health agency in Cincinnati, OH, that faced accusations of Medicare fraud.
Oh, boy:
I can confirm public speculation that Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman, Permanent Representative of Somalia to the UN and President of the Security Council, is in fact associated with Progressive Health Care Services, a home health agency in Cincinnati.HHS has previously taken action against Progressive in response to a conviction for Medicaid fraud.More to come.@HHSGov
Rumors of Osman’s involvement swirled last week when people started investigating Somali daycares in Columbus, OH, since the city has the second-largest Somali population.
LibsofTikTok, run by Chaya Raichik, posted the information on Twitter.
I do not know why Raichik decided to investigate Osman, or if someone dropped her a hint, but here we are!
Yes, the company is still active, and Osman has other connections. From Fox News:
State records show the company remains an active Ohio corporation, though its listed contact information did not connect Fox News Digital with a verified representative. A message left for a number linked to Osman was not returned.Osman was a supervisor within the Franklin County, Ohio, Department of Job & Family Services Adult Medicaid unit from 2007 to 2012, according to his official UN biography.He also founded a company called Beacon Educational Services sometime between 1999 and 2005, according to the UN. He was also educated in the U.S., graduating from Illinois State University in 1986 before earning a master’s degree in Ohio and another in Wisconsin.
The New York Post called the number affiliated with Progressive Health Care Services. I’m even more suspicious:
A private citizen who said he was not affiliated with the shady company answered the phone and complained to The Post when the phone number listed for Progressive Health Care Services in public records was contacted.“You’re like the hundredth person to call looking for Progressive Health Care Services,” the person told The Post, demanding to know where his personal contact information is listed.“I’m thinking about changing my number now,” he said.
My head is spinning.
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