Andrews Woman Charged with Health Care Fraud

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ An Andrews woman is charged with billing Medicare for hundreds of thousands of dollars in nonexistent services. U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles says 53-year-old Queen Edwards Nesmith was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury in Charleston on federal charges of health care fraud and aggravated identity theft. Nesmith is the former operator of Highmarket Primary Care, a Georgetown medical clinic she sold in 2007. Prosecutors say she continued to bill Medicare after the sale, receiving more than $400,000 for non-existent services supposedly rendered by a medical doctor who no longer worked there. Nesmith could face a possible 12 years in prison if convicted. Court records listed no attorney for her.