Former Health Department Employees Accused Of Medicaid Fraud 

(St. George, UT)  –  Prosecutors say two former Southwest Utah Public Health Department employees filed over 13-hundred fake Medicaid claims.  Investigators say Todd Sterling and Russell Hinton filed the claims over a five month period ending in February of last year.  The pair reportedly formed a company and billed the Health Department on improper Medicaid invoices.  Hinton and Stirling were charged with two felony counts each in the case earlier this week and will make their first court appearance next month. Â