Somalia’s ambassador to the United Nations is linked to an Ohio home health care provider that previously engaged in Medicaid fraud, a top official with the Department of Health and Human Services revealed Monday.
“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 Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill wrote on X.
“HHS has previously taken action against Progressive in response to a conviction for Medicaid fraud,” the Trump administration official added.
O’Neill and HHS did not immediately provide details about the alleged Medicaid fraud or what the actions taken against Progressive Health Care Services were.
Osman’s ties to Progressive Health Care Services went viral on social media last week amid the intense scrutiny of Minnesota’s Somali population in response to fraud scandals involving bogus entities being set up in the state to rake in taxpayer funds meant for the homeless, hungry and people in need of day care for their children.
The UN ambassador is listed as having served as “Managing Director” of Progressive Health Care Services from 2014 until May 2019, overlapping with his tenure as Somalia’s permanent representative in New York, according to a screenshot of his LinkedIn profile, obtained by the Libs of TikTok social media account.
The account further claims that Osman’s health care business occupied the “same suite” as another company and that there were “multiple others at the same address, all with Somali names.”
Public records list Osman as “President & CEO” of Progressive Health Care Services when it was established as a home health care provider in 2009.
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.
Osman did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Last week, O’Neill moved to pause “all child care payments to the state of Minnesota” in light of the day care fraud scandal in the North Star State.
HHS subsequently froze child care funding to all states pending an investigation.
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