East Cobb medical lab operator indicted for Medicaid fraud

East Cobb medical lab operator indicted for Medicaid fraud

An East Cobb resident who runs a medical diagnostics lab in the Cumberland area is facing three felony counts of Medicaid fraud. Maged Ahmad Awad has been indicted by a Cobb Superior Court grand jury on three counts of medical assistance fraud, according to court records. The records show that Awad was indicted on Feb. 26 for allegedly receiving payments from the Georgia Medicaid system in “amounts greater than entitled” for genetic screening te…